Woodstock Police Explorers Bring Home First Place Trophies

From the City of Woodstock: Woodstock Police Explorer Post 1609 joined with 102 other law enforcement agencies to compete at the 44th annual Winterfest Conference held in Gatlinburg, TN on February 9-11. And, on Sunday, they returned home to Woodstock with two first place trophies.

WPD Explorer Post 1609 competed in several events and took home 1st place in Robbery in Progress event and 1st place in Felony Traffic Stop event. The 2018 Winterfest Conference, an annual event which allows Law Enforcement Explorer Posts to compete amongst other Posts in skills learned from their respective agency, is hosted by Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America and offers competitive events such as: Uniform Inspection, Crime Scene Investigation, Robbery in Progress, Domestic Violence, Officer Survival, Felony Traffic Stop, and more. This year was the largest event yet and saw 3,500 Explorers from 17 states.

The Woodstock Police Explorer Post 1609 is an official program of the Boy Scouts of America/Exploring and is designed to teach young men and women, ages 14-20, what a career in law enforcement entails.

Advisors of the Woodstock Police Department’s Explorer Post are: Lt. Mike deCocq, Council Member Tracy Collins, Officer Ryan Bleisath, and Officer Greg Stepp

For more information on the WPD Explorer Post program, please call 770-592-6000 ext: 1172.

Photo courtesy of the City of Woodstock (Bottom row from left: Alexa Beumel, Michael Dumas, Tanner Townsend. Top row from left: Advisor Lt. Mike deCocq, Advisor Officer Greg Stepp, Jonathan Wood, Justin Ismach, Advisor Officer Ryan Bleisath, Advisor Officer Tracy Collins)