OUR EXPLORER POST #435 WAS CREATED IN 1994 BY THE CITY OF DICKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH JUST A FEW EXPLORERS. SINCE THEN OUR POST HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. NOW IT'S 2006, AND WE ARE STILL GROWING. OUR POST IS NATIONALLY KNOWN, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST.
OUR FIRST EXPLORER ACADEMY WAS STARTED IN 1997 AT MONTGOMERY BELL STATE PARK IN DICKSON, TENNESSEE. AT "CAMP SUNSHINE" THERE WERE AROUND 30 EXPLORERS FROM ALL AROUND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THEY WERE UP AT 4:30 AM AND BACK TO BED AROUND 10:00 PM. NEWS CHANNEL 5, THE TENNESSEAN, AND THE DICKSON HEARLD WERE ALL THERE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ACADEMY WAS ALL ABOUT.
"CAMP SUNSHINE" IS NOW HELD EVERY YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. EXPLORERS WORK VERY HARD AND LEARN ALOT ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AT OUR ACADEMY.
REQUIREMENTS TO BE A DICKSON LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER:
1. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 14 YEARS OLD.
2. YOU MUST BE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE OR HIGHER.
3. YOU MUST MAINTAIN AT LEAST A "C" AVERAGE.
4. YOU MUST HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
HOTLANTA Trip Exp. Competition 2004
Post #435 traveled to Atlanta Georgia for the 2004 Explorer Compeititon. The team that was selected competed in several different senerios. We learned alot in Atlanta, and we hope to venture back to another competition in 2006. The Advisors are VERY proud of our team that competed in Atlanta. Pictured left to right are Advisor Sgt. Cherie Wilson, Levi Davis, Racheal Growchowski, Eric Chandler, "CASPER" Franklin Explorer Post, Monica Harris, Brittany Davenport, Mark Bates, Advisor Officer Travis Plotzer, Not Pictured Advisor Officer Seth Lyles.
TROOPER PLOTZER
ON MAY 19, 2005 OFFICER PLOTZER BECAME TROOPER PLOTZER. WE HAD NOT DOUBT THAT YOU COULD DO IT! BY THE WAY WHO IS THAT YOUR WITH?
THE POST'S ADVISORS
WE HAVE MANY GREAT ADVISORS FROM OUR AGENCY!
POLICE ADVISORS:
OFFICER DAVID COLE, OFFICER SETH LYLES, CORPORAL TODD CHRISTIAN, OFFICER DENNIS DONALDSON, TENNESSEE STATE TROOPER TRAVIS PLOTZER.
CIVILIAN ADVISORS:
TONYA LYLES, MARGRET COLE, BILL WINGATE, GALE WINGATE, AND MONICA HARRIS.
SOME OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE EMPLOYEED AT OUR AGENCYS WERE FORMER EXPLORERS. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS: DETECTIVE AMY LONGTIN, OFFICER JESSICA BLACKWELL,TROOPER J.D. BLACKWELL, TROOPER TRAVIS PLOTZER, OFFICER MIKE HOLMAN, AND DEPUTY JEREMY BAKER
OUR EXPLORER POST #435 WAS CREATED IN 1994 BY THE CITY OF DICKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH JUST A FEW EXPLORERS. SINCE THEN OUR POST HAS GROWN BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS. NOW IT'S 2006, AND WE ARE STILL GROWING. OUR POST IS NATIONALLY KNOWN, AND IS ONE OF THE BEST.
OUR FIRST EXPLORER ACADEMY WAS STARTED IN 1997 AT MONTGOMERY BELL STATE PARK IN DICKSON, TENNESSEE. AT "CAMP SUNSHINE" THERE WERE AROUND 30 EXPLORERS FROM ALL AROUND MIDDLE TENNESSEE. THEY WERE UP AT 4:30 AM AND BACK TO BED AROUND 10:00 PM. NEWS CHANNEL 5, THE TENNESSEAN, AND THE DICKSON HEARLD WERE ALL THERE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE ACADEMY WAS ALL ABOUT.
"CAMP SUNSHINE" IS NOW HELD EVERY YEAR DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE. EXPLORERS WORK VERY HARD AND LEARN ALOT ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT AT OUR ACADEMY. 
1. YOU MUST BE AT LEAST 14 YEARS OLD.
2. YOU MUST BE IN THE EIGHTH GRADE OR HIGHER.
3. YOU MUST MAINTAIN AT LEAST A "C" AVERAGE.
4. YOU MUST HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD.
Post #435 traveled to Atlanta Georgia for the 2004 Explorer Compeititon. The team that was selected competed in several different senerios. We learned alot in Atlanta, and we hope to venture back to another competition in 2006. The Advisors are VERY proud of our team that competed in Atlanta. Pictured left to right are Advisor Sgt. Cherie Wilson, Levi Davis, Racheal Growchowski, Eric Chandler, "CASPER" Franklin Explorer Post, Monica Harris, Brittany Davenport, Mark Bates, Advisor Officer Travis Plotzer, Not Pictured Advisor Officer Seth Lyles.
ON MAY 19, 2005 OFFICER PLOTZER BECAME TROOPER PLOTZER. WE HAD NOT DOUBT THAT YOU COULD DO IT! BY THE WAY WHO IS THAT YOUR WITH?