The Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge

The Challenge this year was a huge success. On Sunday, following the Challenge celebration banquette, the medals were awarded.

We had eight teams and we awarded eight "Team Leader Awards" These were explorer/cadets who exhibited outstanding leadership skills throughout the challenge.

Team 1: J. Harmon of Pierre

Team 2: S. Burnette of Rapid City

Team 3: J. LeLaCheur of Rapid City

Team 4: K. Oelrich of Watertown

Team 5: B. Salihagic of Sioux Falls

Team 7: D. Gulbrandson of Sioux Falls

Team 8: T. Newton of Pierre

Outstanding Leader Overall

Team 6: N. King of Rapid City

Over All Best Team

Team 4: M. Hansen of Rapid City, J. Conkling of Minnehaha County Sheriffs Office, K. Oelrich of Watertown, N. Knisley of Madison and T. Wynthein of Sioux Falls.

The winner of the Academic Award was K. Oelrich of Watertown.

The final award was the Traveling Cup, given to the post with the best post presentation. The winning post was Rapid City, who demonstrated an outstanding color guard performance.

Next year the Annual Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge will be hosted by Watertown.

Due to technical issues we wont be able to post pictures of Saturday and Sunday at the challenge until this Tuesday or Wednesday (July 13th or 14th). Thank you for your patience and we will get those up as soon as possible.

Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge Day 1

Day one of the 2nd Annual Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge was filled with lots of hard work, fun, laughter and Wild Water West!



For the opening ceremony each post was represented in the color guard. The challenge color guard presented the flags, then after opening ceremonies and lunch, the group of 43 explorer cadets were mixed and divided into 8 groups of four or five people each, and each group selected a member of their team to be their captain.

Afterwords, the advisers took the explorers through some team and group challenges and exercises. Then the day was wrapped up with fun in the sun at Wild Water West.


Click here to see pictures of the challenge. The Challenge ends sunday, so check back again soon for more updates.

2nd Annual Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge

This weekend the Sioux Falls Police Explorer Post hosts the 2nd Annual Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge.

43 explorer cadets representing Sioux Falls Police Department, Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office, Watertown Police Department, Pierre Police Department, Rapid City Police Department, and Madison Police Department will compete for both individual and team awards and team awards and recognition based on their Law Enforcement skills as well as leadership and teamwork capabilities.

Pictures of the Law Enforcement Explorer Challenge will be posted on this site this weekend so don't forget to check back.

Thank you to the supporters and sponsors of the challenge:

Congratulations! Sgt. S. Kandic

Congratulations to Explorer Post 504 member S. Kandic, who was promoted to the rank of sergeant June 22nd, 2010.

9th Annual Bike Rodeo

The 9th Annual Bicycle Rodeo was held at St. Joseph Cathedral’s parking lot on Thursday, June 3.

Sioux Falls Police Explorers, members of the Sioux Falls PD and several other volunteers helped out as children and adults who brought their bicycles learned how to fit bicycle helmets, registered their bicycles, and had a bicycle safety check.

Children had a fun time testing their bicycling skills on the obstacle courses.

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2010 South Dakota Special Olympics: Summer Games

On the evening of May 21st of 2010 the Sioux Falls Police Explorers joined members of the police department, the highway patrol, the sheriffs department, and paramedics in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 South Dakota Special Olympics Summer Games, held in Sioux Falls.

During the three day event the explorers helped with things such as setting up for the olympics, picking up trash, assisting athletes and visitors, and handing out awards.

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Crime Scene Investigation

The Sioux Falls Police Explorers got a real treat on May 18th when they met at Colorado Tech to learn and review crime scene investigation. Colorado tech has advanced state of the art training facilities and equipment for their law enforcement classes. The explorers got to use the institute's Crime Recreation Lab to try there hand at investigating a crime scene, collecting evidence and protecting a crime scene.



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Sioux Falls Optimist Club Annual Law Enforcement Breakfast

Along with several other Sioux Falls Law Enforcement officers and divisions, the Sioux Falls Police Explorer Post 504 was honored with an appreciation award at the Sioux Falls Area Morning Optimist Club's Respect For Law Enforcement Breakfast at the Ramkota Exhibit Hall in Sioux Falls. (Right to left) Captain Henning, Sgt. Wynthein and Explorer BayBridge represented the post in accepting the award.

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Special Olympics 2010 Polar Plunge

On April 17th, the Sioux Falls Police Explorers assisted with the 2010 Polar Plunge, held on the Big Sioux River, behind the Country Inn and Suites on 8th street. The explorers were kept very busy with various duties throughout the event including set-up, crowd and traffic control on the bike path, and then clean up after the plunge was over.

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