| Twelve Orange County Sheriff's Explorers spent January 13, 14, and 15 in Chandler Arizona competing in the 2012 Chandler Law Enforcement Explorer Tactical Competition. Post Coordinator Sergeant Dan Daniels (Reserve Bureau) and Post Advisors Deputy Rod Valdez (San Clemente Police Services), and Deputy Katie DeCoup-Crank (Intake Release Center) accompanied the Explorers on their journey. All of the Explorers' registration fees and lodging were paid for by private donations or funds from Explorers working paid events. The Sheriff's team competed against over 500 explorers from Explorer Posts throughout the nation. Our Explorers received excellent training from S.W.A.T. Deputies Michael Perez and Shane Millhollan, and Hazardous Devices Training from Investigator Robert Mann (Hazardous Devices Section). We had two of our Explorers compete in the Explorer Pistol Shoot and they received exceptional training from Range Sergeant Greg Schuch and Weapons Instructors Lance Ishmael, Jerry Lee, Robert Najmulski and Dallas Ferrell. The Explorer team also received valuable Arrest Control Technique training from Deputy Joshua Dietrich (Training). Explorer Post 449 had a very good showing, winning a third place trophy in Incident Command Structure and a fourth place trophy in Tactical Scout. Explorer Evan Hotchkin took first place in the Explorer Pistol Shoot. He competed against over 60 other Explorers. Explorers Jacob Wiggs and Joshua Wiggs competed in the SWAT Fitness Challenge. The majority of teams that competed in this grueling physically challenging event did not even finish. Not only did Jacob and Joshua finish, they took third place, which is the first time our post has placed in this event. Please join in congratulating the following Explorers, who proudly and very capably represented our department: |
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Ø Explorer Commander Garrett Eggert Ø Explorer Captain Evan Hotchkin
Ø Explorer Captain Brian HirstØ Explorer Captain Jacob Wiggs
Ø Explorer Captain Jose CaudilloØ Explorer Lieutenant Elia Rodriguez
Ø Explorer Lieutenant Joshua WiggsØ Explorer Sergeant Vanessa Tapia
Ø Explorer Sergeant Melissa VegaØ Explorer Sergeant Jatziri Navarro
Ø Explorer Sergeant Daniel SerranoØ Explorer Corporal Cody Cree
