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Boy Scouts of America hired Michael Johnson, a former detective, to be the national director of youth protection in 2010. [7] He became alarmed by the sexual abuse taking place in the Explorers program, and stated that, "[mentors] have these Explorers with them riding around at night and the officers do a nonexistent-to-poor job of maintaining ...
Sea Scouts became Sea Explorers, Air Scouts became Air Explorers, and Explorer Scouts became just Explorers. The Explorer program became less of an advanced outdoor program, and more a broader program for older youth. They got a new advancement program leading to the Silver Award. Also, the minimum age was lowered to 14. [citation needed] In ...
Explorer programs, created by the Boy Scouts of America, are supposed to foster interest in policing. They have faced misconduct allegations involving nearly 200 young people.
Backus was an Explorer scout at the Lansing Police Department, then a cadet before graduating from the Mid-Michigan Police Academy in 2000. Twenty-four years later, he's holding down the top ...
The Los Angeles Police Department Cadet Program, known informally as the LAPD Cadets, is a cadet program run and sponsored by the Los Angeles Police Department for youth aged 13 to 17. [1] The cadet program is similar in nature to the police explorer programs that are present in many police departments through the Learning for Life program.
The Air Scouts program established in 1941 and renamed Air Explorers in 1949, was disestablished in 1965 and fully merged into the then existing Explorer program of the BSA as a specialty called 'Aviation Explorers', [41] [28] eventually discontinuing its uniforms by the early 1970s. It still exists today as part of the BSA's Learning for Life ...
The Boy Scouts of America won’t officially become Scouting America until Feb. 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th birthday. But Krone said he expects people will start immediately using the name.
On March 21, 1921, the council was Chartered by The Boy Scouts of America as the 42nd Council. [2] Today the Piedmont Council serves over 1048 youth in diverse programs ranging from Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts to coed teen programs including crews for Community Service, Sea Scouts & Police Explorers.