Competition Honors Arrest and Search: Sponsored by the United States Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. Explorers served a mock narcotics search warrant on a residence. They were graded by D.E.A. agents on their entry, situation control, their search of the residence, arrest techniques, and identification and preservation of evidence. 1st place Team 1 Crow Wing County Sheriff 2nd place Team 1 Coon Rapids Police 3rd place Team 1 Blaine Police 4th place Team 1 Minnetonka Police 5th place Team 1 Maple Grove Bomb Threat Response: Sponsored by the United States Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Explorers responded to a bomb threat call in a small business. Scores were determined by the explorer's assessment of the situation, their interviewing skills, and their overall resolution to the crisis. 1st place Team 2 Saint Paul Police 2nd place Team 1 Rochester Police 3rd place Team 1 Saint Louis Park Police 4th place Team 2 Circle Pines/Lexington Police 5th place Team 3 Stearns County Sheriff Burglary in Progress: Sponsored by the Minnetonka Police Department. Explorers were dispatched to a possible burglary in progress. They were evaluated on their ability to gather facts and their safe execution of a search of the home. 1st place Team 3 Stearns County Sheriff 2nd place Team 1 Coon Rapids Police 3rd place Team 1 Minnetonka Police 4th place Team 2 Minnetonka Police 5th place Team 3 Edina Police Crime Prevention: Sponsored by the Minnesota Crime Prevention Practitioners, Inc. Explorers were asked to complete a crime prevention survey of an apartment complex. Ratings were measured by the explorers' knowledge of neighborhood watch, CPTED (crime prevention through environmental design), community policing, overall crime prevention tactics, and public speaking skills. 1st place Team 4 Washington County Sheriff 2nd place Team 1 Circle Pines/Lexington Police 3rd place Team 1 Richfield Police 4th place Team 3 Fridley Police 5th place Team 1 Apple Valley Police
Crime Scene Search: Sponsored by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department. Explorers were tested in their ability to analyze and process a crime scene. Particular attention is paid to the securement of the scene, the thoroughness of the search, the handling and preservation of evidence, photographing and diagramming of the scene, and the development of latent finger prints. 1st place Team 1 Saint Paul Police 2nd place Team 1 Hennepin County Sheriff 3rd place Team 2 Minnetonka Police 4th place Team 1 Apple Valley Police 5th place Team 2 Coon Rapids Police Domestic Crisis Intervention: Sponsored by the Saint Louis County Sheriff's Department. Dispatched to a domestic disturbance call, explorers were scored on their ability to calm a heated family dispute and on their skill in bringing the dispute to a lawful and fitting conclusion. 1st place Team 1 New Brighton Police 2nd place Team 1 Richfield Police 3rd place Team 1 Hastings Police 4th place Team 3 Saint Paul Police 5th place Team 2 Saint Louis Park Police Emergency First Aid: Sponsored by the University of Saint Thomas, E. M. S. Program. Explorers were dispatched to the scene of an in-home medical emergency. Scoring was determined by the explorers' ability to treat a variety of medical emergencies and in their overall thoroughness of their examinations. 1st place Team 2 Champlin Police 2nd place Team 1 Bloomington Police 3rd place Team 2 Hennepin County Sheriff 4th place Team 5 Edina Police 5th place Team 1 Springfield Police Hostage Negotiations: Sponsored by United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Explorers were judged on their ability to handle a hostage situation in a private home. Scores were commensurate with their negotiating skills and their success in satisfactorily resolving the crisis. 1st place Team 1 Woodbury Police 2nd place Team 2 Woodbury Police 3rd place Team 2 New Hope Police 4th place Team 2 Hennepin County Sheriff 5th place Team 5 Minnetonka Police
Street Decisions: Sponsored by the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. Each explorer was placed in a series of decisional shooting situations. Judgement and accuracy determined each Explorers electronically tabulated final score. 1st place Team 3 Saint Paul Police 2nd place Team 2 Saint Louis County Sheriff 3rd place Team 4 Minnetonka Police 4th place Team 1 Maple Grove Police 5th place Team 1 Woodbury Police Traffic Accident Investigation: Sponsored by the Minnesota State Patrol. Explorers were dispatched to car versus pedestrian fatal accident. Division of responsibilities, accident investigation techniques, sketches, interviews, and final report were all evaluated to determine a score. 1st place Team 3 Saint Louis County Sheriff 2nd place Team 5 Edina Police 3rd place Team 4 Washington County Sheriff 4th place Team 1 Minnesota State Patrol 5th place Team 2 Champlin Police Traffic Stop: Sponsored by Minneapolis Community College, Center for Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement. Explorers were evaluated on their ability to make a "routine" traffic stop. Crucial to scoring was the Explorer's ability to recognize potential dangers. 1st place Team 2 Bloomington Police 2nd place Team 2 Plymouth Police 3rd place Team 1 Redwood Falls Police 4th place Team 2 Saint Paul Police 5th place Team 2 Circle Pines/Lexington Police White Collar Crime: Sponsored by the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. 1st place Team 2 Maple Grove Police 2nd place Team 3 Stearns County Sheriff 3rd place Team 1 Blaine Police 4th place Team 3 Saint Paul Police 5th place Team 4 Champlin Police
Academic Honors Juvenile Diversion: Sponsored by Viking Council, B.S.A. 1st place Minnesota State Patrol 2nd place Eagan Police 3rd place Apple Valley Police 4th place Hennepin County Sheriff 5th place Blaine Police Credit Card and Check Fraud: Sponsored by Secret Service, U.S. Dept. of Treasury 1st place New Brighton Police 2nd place Fridley Police 3rd place Austin Police 4th place Inver Grove Heights Police 5th place Crow Wing County Sheriff Community Oriented Policing: Sponsored by the MN Community Policing Institute 1st place Maple Grove Police 2nd place New Brighton Police 3rd place Hastings Police 4th place Champlin Police 5th place Apple Valley Police Gangs: Sponsored by Midwest Gang Taskforce 1st place Brooklyn Park Police 2nd place Eagan Police 3rd place Forest Lake Police 4th place Moorhead Police 5th place Saint Paul Police
Pistol Shoot Individual Honors Slow fire: 1st place 89 1x Brandon Riske Brooklyn Park Police 2nd place 86 2x Scott Graff Washington County Sheriff 3rd place 85 0x Mike Arseneau Stearns County Sheriff 4th place 85 0x Geoff Clark Minnetonka Police 5th place 84 0x Tim Kauphusman Rochester Police Timed fire: 1st place 87 0x Scott Wickland Anoka County Sheriff 2nd place 83 1x Mickey Papillon New Brighton Police 3rd place 81 2x Eric Bohrer Roseville Police 4th place 80 0x Jake Coopet Roseville Police 5th place 78 1x Brian Owens Fridley Police Rapid fire: 1st place 82 1x Dennis Peterson Crow Wing County Sheriff 2nd place 78 0x Jason Greer Edina Police 3rd place 76 1x Lauren Anderson Minnetonka Police 4th place 76 0x Carrie Wuollett Hastings Police 5th place 75 0x Freddy Munoz Redwood Falls Police Aggregate: 1st place 261 5x Scott Thompson Duluth Police 2nd place 242 2x Jesse Montgomery Duluth Police 3rd place 241 1x Matt Frantesl Stearns County Sheriff 4th place 235 2x Kal Nordby New Hope Police 5th place 234 3x Sean Pegg New Hope Police Pistol Shoot Team Honors 1st place 891 4x Stearns County Sheriff Team 1:Brian Truex, Jerrod Brown, Matt Frantesl, Mike Arseneau 2nd place 804 4x Roseville Police Team 1: Eric Bohrer, Jake Coopet, Kelly Bainbridge, Tom Bohrer 3rd place 799 2x Redwood Falls Police Team 1: Aaron Harmon, Aaron Hommerding, Freddy Munoz, Katrina Sullivan 4th place 783 5x Bloomington Police Team 1: Gregory Pardun, Jennifer Zins, Melissa Deluney, Michael Brosam 5th place 772 4x Plymouth Police Team 1: Brandon Paulick, Keith Toesing, Rob Griffin, Scott Whiteford
Other Honors Air Pistol Competition: 1st place Dennis Peterson Crow Wing County Sheriff 259-3x 2nd place Katrina Sullivan Redwood Falls Police 256-7x 3rd place Rob Griffin Plymouth Police 242-4x 4th place Tony Lischer Maple Grove Police 240-2x 5th place Tony Kieffer Edina Police 233-0x Sample Police Examination: 1st place Matt Langer Minnesota State Patrol 2nd place Dan Pelkey Blaine Police 3rd place Goldie Bosard Mankato Police 4th place Brian Rezny Eagan Police 5th place Ben Miller Wright County Sheriff Two Mile Fitness Run: Male: 1st place Barrett Voigt Apple Valley Police 10:49 2nd place Joel Voxland Moorhead Police 11:17 3rd place Troy Stransky Mankato Police 11:35 4th place Eric Lee Wright County Sheriff 12:14 5th place Travis Lewis Springfield Police 12:31 Female: 1st place Jackie Karels Forest Lake Police 16:28 2nd place Megan Martin Forest Lake Police 17:50 3rd place Miranda Simons Brooklyn Park Police 19:15 4th place Nicole Shasky Champlin Police 22:08 5th place April Bjergum Rochester Police 22:21