Event: Arrest & Search Techniques

Scene: Explorers will form a detail to search an apartment occupied by suspected narcotics dealers. Arrest and search warrants, inert service revolvers, handcuffs, and badges or credentials will be provided. Explorers will be graded on effective entry; situation control; the search; locating, identifying, and preserving evidence; and arrest techniques.

Event: Bomb Threat Response

Scene: This event will take place in an office building. The team leader will be briefed on a bomb threat called to a local business. Upon arrival at the business, the team will be met by the office manager of the business and the receptionist who received the bomb threat. It is the explorer's responsibility to assess the situation, conduct the proper interviews, conduct a bomb search if necessary, and resolve the situation expediently within the allotted period of time.

Event: Burglary in Progress

Scene: This event will take place in an apartment or simulated residence. Two patrol officers respond to a call from an individual who claims his or her home has been burglarized and the suspects may still be in the residence. Upon arrival, the two officers are faced with a situation with many unknown dangers. Another patrol car is available for backup.

Event: Crime Prevention

Scene: Part I consists of 25 multiple-choice questions. Part II consists of the preparation and delivery of a mini-talk on neighborhood watch / operation identification before a panel of crime prevention practitioners who are acting as a group of concerned citizens forming a neighborhood watch in their community. Ratings will be based on familiarity with concepts of neighborhood watch and operation identification. On-site aids available are Home Survey and Loss Prevention Survey forms.

Event: Crime Scene Search

Scene: Explorers will be measured on their ability to process the scene of a recent crime. A crime scene processing kit will be available. Grades will reflect: how effectively the explorer in command assigns duties and responsibilities to the rest of the detail, the effectiveness of securing the scene, the thoroughness of the crime scene search, the handling and preservation of physical evidence, the photographing and diagramming of the scene, and the developing of latent fingerprints, etc., within the allotted time.

Event: Domestic Crisis Intervention

Scene: This event will take place in an apartment or simulated residence, family situation. Two patrol officers have been assigned to respond to an unknown domestic disturbance. Another car is available as a backup. Upon arrival, the first two explorers are faced with a classic domestic confrontation. Grades will reflect how well explorers handle this potentially dangerous situation. If the subjects are handled properly, the participants will calm down and allow the officers to effect reconciliation. If handled improperly, the situation will escalate, forcing an arrest.

Event: Emergency Field First Aid

Scene: The explorer team will respond to a report of an injured person lying in an alley. The victim, an elderly person, has been assaulted and robbed and is injured. explorers must assess the injuries and provide appropriate first aid until an ambulance arrives. The team will be expected to have the ability to administer first aid for a variety of injuries, particularly CPR, bleeding, and broken bones. The team must also be able to identify the symptoms of shock and heart attack and react accordingly. Explorers will be evaluated on the thoroughness of their initial examination of the victim for injuries as well as the appropriateness and thoroughness of their response to the injuries they find. If available, CPR administration will be rated by a mechanical resuscitation mannequin. Materials for the safe conduct of this scenario will be provided.

Event: Hostage Negotiation

Scene: The explorer team will be judged on how it deals with an individual holding a hostage in a residence, how effectively it establishes contact with the suspect, the manner in which it responds to the suspect's demands, and its success in satisfactorily resolving the incident within the allotted time. Explorers will be graded on their ability to determine the initial facts and proceed with their investigation as necessary.

Event: Shoot / Don't Shoot

Scene: Each explorer will be placed in a series of situational shooting scenes. The firearms provided will be laser-equipped. Individuals will score based on their judgment. The total team score will determine the team winner.

Event: Traffic Accident Investigation

Scene: Teams will respond to a traffic accident involving a vehicle and pedestrian (fatality). Grades will be based on the assignment of responsibilities at the scene, techniques of accident investigation, field sketch, interview of the driver, accident report, and traffic citations issued, if required. The vehicle will simulate a collision with a pedestrian, using taped or real skid marks, debris, and a dummy pedestrian. The police vehicle will be equipped with accident reports, Polaroid camera, 50-foot measuring tape, notepaper, traffic citations, and an accident investigation notebook.

Event: Traffic Stop

Scene: Explorers will conduct a routine traffic stop. The explorers will be graded on their ability to deal with the potentially dangerous situation, with regard to effecting the stop of the vehicle, approaching the vehicle with care, acting with courtesy, interviewing the occupants in a complete manner, reacting to the unknown, and recognizing the need to call for a backup unit. The explorer in command will be advised that two members of his or her post are to be placed in a patrol vehicle and will simulate patrol functions when they encounter a vehicle for a seemingly routine traffic violation. The remaining two explorers will comprise the backup unit.

Event: White-Collar Crime

Scene: Explorers will act as a team of two to four detectives assigned to the Fraud Squad of their police department. The explorers have been actively investigating a land fraud scheme involving the sale of prime land with views of the Grand Canyon. The explorers have received many complaints from people in your city who have purchased the prime property from Cactus Patch Land Sales Inc. Each buyer has paid $50,000 for a lot. When the buyers tried to visit the property, they discovered it was not located where they had been told. In fact, the property was located at the bottom of the canyon. There are no roads, electricity, water, or sewage system on the property as promised by the sales representative.

The explorers are developing sufficient evidence against the suspect(s) for presentation to the district attorney. A search warrant for the company's office has been authorized. The explorer team will make a surprise visit to the suspect's office for an interview and search of the premises for additional information. If they find sufficient evidence to arrest the suspect, they are authorized to do so.