Explorers

SHOP WITH A COP

CRIME SCENE UNIT Owatonna Police Department advisors and mentors are Officers Melissa Michael and Derrick Quinlan. Their commitment and dedication contributes to the success of the program and an opportunity to introduce and recruit students to a law enforcement career path.

In 2019, the explorers have made amazing strides in training and competitions. They have trained in many different scenarios to include traffic stops, hostage negotiations, domestic crisis, field first aid, and crime scenes. The explorers have also helped out at different community events such as parades and Toys for Tots. They took part in a one-day competition held by the St. Paul Police Department and in the state competition in Rochester. In the state competition, our explorers group competed against hundreds of explorers from across the state and took home 4th place in the domestic crisis scenario, 5th place in the 5K run, and 3rd place in the air pistol competition. The explorers have been working hard on fundraising partnering with Buffalo Wild Wings and Papa Murphy's for their next competitions.