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Mission Statement: Law
Enforcement Exploring enables young people to become responsible
individules by teaching positive character traits, career development,
leadership and life skills so they can make ethical choices and achieve
their full potential.
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SUPPORTING YOUR LOCAL EXPLORER POST IS SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF YOUR COMMUNITY
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The Nassau County Law Enforcement Exploring program is
Learning for Life's career education program for young men and women
who are 14 (and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years old.
Law Enforcement Exploring is a unique opportunity to experience the
rewards of a police career and tests an individual's ability and
commitment to improve the quality of life for the people of Nassau
County.
Under the supervision of their police officer advisors, explorers
assist the police department at special events such as parades,
walk-a-thons and public gatherings.
Explorers are invited to participate in the ride-a-long program where
they can experience responding to calls for service and are exposed to
radio operating procedures, paperwork, report writing and the normal
routines of community policing.
Law Enforcement Exploring exists to accomplish a major goal: to provide
the structure and resources needed for the youth of Nassau County to
learn about law enforcement and its career opportunities, to make
ethical choices, and to achieve their full potential as individuals.
Law Enforcement Exploring's purpose is to provide experiences to help
young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and
caring adults.
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 Youth Benefits
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Stimulated interest in continual education
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Scholarship opportunities
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Career information; insight into future vocation
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Positive alternative to negative youth activities, such as drug abuse and involvement with gangs
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Sense of acceptance and belonging to the "right" group
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Safe environment for adult like activities
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Opportunities to participate in practical, real and meaningful hands-on experiences
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New career and personal skills
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Opportunities to try leadership roles and develop skills
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Cooperative relationship between adults and youth
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Service to others
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important goal of law enforcement exploring is to help young adults be
responsible and caring people, both now and in the future.
Exploring uses "character education activities" to help young adults
develop the ability to make responsible choices that reflect their
concern for what is at risk and for the people involved.
Because Exploring is voluntary, youth are receptive to new ideas,
experiences, and relationships. For the Explorer these relationships
provide a connection to new ways of thinking and acting as well as a
new identity as a responsible young adult.
 Teenagers
want to belong to a group that provides a supportive place from which
they can address the issues that affect them as they grow and develop.
These issues include becoming more independent, developing social
relationships, re-evaluating values and undergoing physical and
psychological changes.
Explorers tell us that they have learned to step up and take charge in
critical situations and have developed greater self-esteem. The hands
on experience in community policing and problem solving, as well as the
professional training received, prepares them for successful police
careers.
Exploring programs are based on five areas of emphasis: career
opportunities, life skills, citizenship, character education and
leadership experience.
Youth development researches have developed the following framework of developmental assets that give young people a strong foundation for life:
- Support - Received support from family, teachers, and other adults.
- Empowerment - Feel useful and safe.
- Boundaries and expectations - Move in an environment with rules, structure and high expectations.
- Constructive use of time - Spend time creatively on hobbies and with friends.
- Commitment to learning and positive values - Learn honesty, integrity, personal responsibility, as well as to care for others, and act on this knowledge.
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Nassau County Law Enforcement Exploring
Honorary Chairman
Lawrence W. Mulvey
Commissioner of Police
Nassau County Police Department
Mario J. Doyle, CPP
Co-Chairman
Stephen Norman
Co-Chairman
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The
Nassau County Law Enforcement Exploring program is a not for profit
501(c)(3) organized program, which is funded by private and corporate
donations and administered by a Board of Directors, the Nassau County
Police Department, and the Theodore Roosevelt Learning for Life Council.
To make a donation or for more information, please contact us at 516-573-7360 or by email at info@nclee.org
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