Lavonia Police Department

Lavonia Police Explorers host Fifth Annual Open House

The Lavonia Police Explorer Post 313 announce two recent events. Law Enforcement Exploring is a worksite-based program for young men and women ages 14 to 21.

On October 3, 2005, the Post hosted its fifth annual open house “First Nighter”. At the open house, Lt. Brooks Moorhead, advisor of the post, gave a short presentation of the program. The Post also promoted several explorers and presented awards.

The following promotions were made:

Krista Clark and Janye Simmons were promoted to Lieutenant, Sheldon Mayfield and Jonathan Merck were promoted to Sergeant, and Jonathan Pitts was promoted to Corporal.

The following awards were presented:

· Tenure: Sheldon Mayfield, Jonathan Merck, Jonathan Pitts, Daphne Robbins, and Mariesha Smith,

· Hurricane Victims Assistance Award: Krista Clark, Sheldon Mayfield, Jonathan Merck, Jonathan Pitts, Janye Simmons, Johnny Simmons, and Destiny Stouffer.

· Perfect Attendance: Krista Clark

· Law Enforcement Service: Kenny Ford

On October 15, 2005, the Post also attended the Metro Atlanta Championship Explorers competition held in Austell, Georgia. The explorers competed in six events: Hostage Negotiation, Domestic Violence, High Risk Traffic Stops, High Risk Warrant Service, Unknown Risk Traffic Stops, and Unknown Trouble calls. There were 15 teams from 7 different agencies throughout Georgia.

The Lavonia Post placed in three of the six events and awarded trophies in the following: Hostage Negotiation - second place, Domestic Violence they scored third place, and High Risk Traffic Stops they scored third place.

Lt. Moorhead said “I am very proud of our explorers. They went up against some very tough competition and were able to place in half of the events they competed in. This is just one example of the fine young men and women that we have coming up through our program.”

The Lavonia Police Explorer post helps youth to gain insight into a variety of programs that offer hands-on law enforcement activities. For young men and women who are interested in careers in the field of law enforcement, Exploring offers experiential learning with lots of fun-filled, hands-on activities that promote the growth and development of adolescent youth.

Any young person interested in joining the explorer program or wanting more information may contact the Lavonia Police Department at 706-356-4848 or visit our website at www.lavoniapd.com.