The Explorers program, a coeducational affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America that began 60 years ago, is training thousands of young people in skills used to confront terrorism, illegal immigration and escalating border violence — an intense ratcheting up of one of the group’s longtime missions to prepare youths for more traditional jobs as police officers and firefighters.“This is about being a true-blooded American guy and girl,” said A. J. Lowenthal, a sheriff’s deputy here in Imperial County, whose life clock, he says, is set around the Explorers events he helps run. “It fits right in with the honor and bravery of the Boy Scouts.”
A long time ago, when I was in the US Army, I helped with a troop of Explorer scouts where the emphasis was on emergency medical training.and rescue. I am sure that some people would read this and be shocked - good God, they're giving firearms to children and teaching them to be racists!
I will agree with the first observation, but not with the second. They are teaching the children that national security is a priority and that the world today requires that they grow up learning how to discern who is good, who is bad, and who is just plain evil.
The lessons learned in discipline here are far better than what would be learned in juvenile hall, or not at all.
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That is quite shoddy reporting (what do we expect from the New York Times). The Boy Scouts of America do not have Explorers. Ranks start with Cub Scouts (6-10 year olds) then Boy Scouts (10-18 year olds) or Venturing (14-20 year olds). Most law enforcement agencies have Police Explorers, which are usually young people who are interested in a possible career in law enforcement.
This group is called Law Enforcement Exploring. (www.learningforlife.org/exploring)
started out in the explorer program myself then went to criminal justice and forensics in college. Its an excellent program that prepared for my short stint in law enforcement.
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