Marlborough Police Department and Boy Scouts Of America Partnering To Offer New Opportunities To Youth

The Knox Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America and the Marlborough Police Department have joined forces to start a group for young men and women interested in exploring the field of law enforcement. Aptly named “Exploring” this co-ed program is open to youth in grades 8-12 and offers them the opportunity to do hands on work with police officers, detectives, K-9 officers and more. Keith Moro, Marlborough’s Community Policing Officer, is excited about the new Exploring post. “I think we need to build a stronger bond with the community and especially young people. It’s important for them to know that we’re just like they are. That we help people.” Officer Moro is planning an active and varied year of experiences for the new Explorers. “I have several different ideas. I want to cover the whole aspect of being a police officer, then advance to detective work. I’d like to do a mock motor vehicle stop at night to give them that experience. Often the police arrive (to a medical call) before the ambulance so it’s important to know first aid and what to do.”

The Exploring Post is meeting for the first time at 6pm on October 19th at the Marlborough Police Station and is open to all youth interested in learning about law enforcement at the local, state and even federal level. For more information please contact Community Policing Officer Keith Moro at Kmoro@marlborough-ma.gov or his partner Borden Wicks at bwicks@marlborough-ma.gov. You can also contact the Boy Scouts Exploring Executive Stephen Lavoie at Stephen.lavoie@scouting.org

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