The Ellis County Press: Explorers bring home 1st place

Explorers bring home 1st place
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Editor on 04/07/2011 12:05:00


The Ellis County Sheriff’s Explorers traveled to Fort Worth Saturday, April 2
to compete in the annual Texas Law Enforcement Explorers Advisors Association
(TLEEAA) state competition. Top Row (l-r) Sgt. Jon Stansell, MAtt Upenhour, Sgt.
James Dutton, Jerod Prahyl, Lt. Andrew Kruger, Drew Sims, Charles Banks, Coby
Paschall and Captain Tyler Bonner; bottom row (l-r) Connor Hawkins, Aja
Fletcher, Arturo Vasquez, Kelsey Young, Colin Patterson, Trevor Snodgress and
Jake Granger. The Explorer’s won first place awards for: active shooter,
officer down first aid and accident investigation; second place awards for:
domestic crisis intervention, unknown call for police and robbery in progress;
and a third place award for: felony traffic stop. Sgt. Matt Murrey was elected
as 1st Vice President of TLEEAA and was sworn to the position during the award
ceremony.