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Yakima Police Explorer Post 275 Accepting Applicants

Friday, July 31, 2026

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Yakima Police Explorer Post 275 is now accepting applications for its volunteer law enforcement training program. The program, sponsored by Yakima Police Department and affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, offers youth ages 15. 5 to 21 hands-on experience in law enforcement. Participants attend weekly meetings on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at the Yakima Police Department. Requirements include a background check, oral interview, and passing a polygraph test. Explorers perform traffic control at city events, provide security for local groups, and complete a one-week state academy training each year. The program provides community service hours for college applications and offers scholarships exclusively for Explorers. Alumni have gone on to work as police officers, dispatchers, and other law enforcement roles.

📄 Source: Police Department — https://yakimapolice.org/yakima-police-explorer-post-275/

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Yakima Police Explorer Post 275 is now accepting applications for its volunteer law enforcement training program.No usable supporting receipt — unverified.
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The program is sponsored by Yakima Police Department and affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America.“The program is sponsored by YPD and affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America.”
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The program offers youth ages 15.5 to 21 hands-on experience in law enforcement.“Yakima Police Explorer Post 275 is a volunteer law enforcement training program for young adults. The program is sponsored by YPD and affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. It provides an opportunity for youth interested in law enforcement to gain firsthand knowledge of the career field by working side by side with Police Officers.”
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Participants attend weekly meetings on Thursdays at 6 p.m. at the Yakima Police Department.“Come to one of the weekly meetings held each Thursday at 6:00 pm at the Yakima Police Department.”
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Requirements include a background check, oral interview, and passing a polygraph test.“Requirements: Ages 15 1/2 – 21 years Background check – Exemplary personal background Oral interview If student – provide most recent school transcript Meet attendance and work performance standards Weekly training meetings One-week long state academy training per year (paid by the department) Pass a polygraph test”
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Explorers perform traffic control at city events.“Explorers perform traffic control at city events, appear at community functions, provide security for local groups, compete against other explorers from across the state/nation, and other crime prevention activities.”
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Explorers provide security for local groups.“Explorers perform traffic control at city events, appear at community functions, provide security for local groups, compete against other explorers from across the state/nation, and other crime prevention activities.”
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Explorers complete a one-week state academy training each year.“One-week long state academy training per year (paid by the department)”
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The program provides community service hours for college applications.“Explorers earn community service hours for college portfolios.”
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The program offers scholarships exclusively for Explorers.“There are also scholarships that are only open to Explorers and you earn real-life Police experience through ride-alongs and training.”
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Alumni have gone on to work as police officers.“Alumni members of this award-winning organization have found positions in the Yakima Police Department and other Law Enforcement agencies as Police Officers, Reserve Police Officers, law enforcement dispatchers, and services personnel.”
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Alumni have gone on to work as dispatchers.“Alumni members of this award-winning organization have found positions in the Yakima Police Department and other Law Enforcement agencies as Police Officers, Reserve Police Officers, law enforcement dispatchers, and services personnel.”
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Alumni have gone on to work as other law enforcement roles.“Alumni members of this award-winning organization have found positions in the Yakima Police Department and other Law Enforcement agencies as Police Officers, Reserve Police Officers, law enforcement dispatchers, and services personnel.”