Hoover Police Explorers

06/28/2019

The approach

More felony stop practice. Gotta clear that car.

06/28/2019

Practice makes perfect

This is why we practice. Next round was better!

06/27/2019

Practice makes perfect! Thanks to Officer Myers for great instruction.

Practice makes perfect! Thanks to Officer Myers for great instruction.

05/17/2019

For our meeting Tuesday, the explorers ran the obstacle course that is mandated to become an officer in the State of Alabama. These guys did great and never gave up!

For our meeting Tuesday, the explorers ran the obstacle course that is mandated to become an officer in the State of Alabama. These guys did great and never gave up!

04/29/2019

The explorers had their work cut out for them Saturday at Celebrate Hoover Day. From traffic direction in the morning to ChildID fingerprints later in the day. Thanks to Austin, Jaxon, Adam, Denver, Nick, Elijah and Olivia for your help!

03/05/2019

Hoover Police Explorers

03/05/2019

Hoover Police Explorers's cover photo

03/05/2019

A few other council pictures.

03/05/2019

City Council honors Hoover Police Explorers for awards at competitions

Thanks so much to the Hoover City Council for all your support of our program!

https://280living.com/people/city-council-honors-hoover-police-explorers-for-awards-at-co304/

The Hoover Police Explorers had two top 10 finishes among more than 100 teams at a competition in Gatlinburg.

02/27/2019

Felony traffic stops

02/11/2019

Ripley's Aquarium Friday night followed by a long Saturday of competitions.

Ripley's Aquarium Friday night followed by a long Saturday of competitions.

02/10/2019

Having fun at Winterfest competition in Gatlinburg! We got a 2nd place trophy for Burglary in Progress. Also had top ten finishes in Officer Down, Employment Interview, and Officer Survival scenarios!! There were over 100 law enforcement explorer posts from across the US and over 3,000 total explorers and scouting venturers. Thanks to the NE Georgia Council for hosting and to all the volunteers who make this possible!! #winterfest2019 #bsawinterfest #lawenforcementexplorers #hpd #exploring

12/22/2018

Spain Park High School

Spain Park High School

SPHS ranked 4th Best Public School in Alabama by Niche; Hoover High 7th. #HCSstrong
https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/s/alabama/

12/16/2018

Two Feathers Ministries

70+ backpacks processed & prayed over for delivery to some very special kids! Please pray for safe travels today and that these kids will come to understand that walking with Him provides both Hope in life as well as Hope for eternity too!

#sharethehopeyouhave #backpacksandbears18

11/05/2018

Rock climbing after lunch at the state competition!

11/04/2018

A great day at state competition! Thanks to all who help make it happen! A little bit of work, a lot of fun and brought home 7 trophies in total. Looking forward to the future with these HPD Explorers!!

09/26/2018

Thanks to all who came out for our open house! These are some photos from our demonstration of the officer down scenario. Can't wait to see everyone next week!! If you missed the open house, join us next Tuesday at 6:00pm for our regular meeting.

09/19/2018

Hoover Police Explorers's cover photo

09/19/2018

We have an upcoming open house Tuesday September 25, 2018 at 7:00pm! This year we will be adding an explorer club and welcoming middle school ages to join us! Anyone from sixth grade to a senior in high school who is interested in a career in law enforcement is welcome to join! Can't make it this Tuesday? Message us for meeting times or come by on any Tuesday night.

08/17/2018

Hoover (AL) Police Department

Meet your Hoover K9s: Ace

Chief Derzis is proud to announce our latest addition to the Hoover PD family: Ace. Ace is a 1 year old Labrador Retriever who just celebrated his first birthday on August 2nd. He is 60 pounds and partners with School Resource Officer Kevin Hollis. His first official day on the job began last week with the start of school.

HPD was extremely fortunate to acquire Ace from the Central Alabama Police K-9 Association training center in Jemison. He was an outstanding recruit and we are thrilled to be his first Law Enforcement family! Ace is a drug detection dog and helps to take such narcotics as marihuana, cocaine, heroin, opiates and other illegal drugs off of our streets. He and Officer Hollis are assigned to the School Resource Division, with Spain Park High School being their “home base”.

About the Labrador Retriever: The Labrador Retriever breed of dogs has an amazing sense of smell. They have been taught to find and discover narcotics, money, explosives, bugs and accelerants (chemicals). Labs are ideal for law enforcement and military service dogs due to their intelligence, trainability and drive. They are less intimidating than other breeds and have an extremely good work ethic. They are even-tempered and well-behaved around young children and the elderly.

Interestingly enough, Officer Hollis is also the handler for HPD’s “world famous” K9 Ava ( Ava Hollis). Ava is well-known and beloved throughout the Hoover community for her work in the HOOVER CITY SCHOOLS and on the City of Hoover streets. Here’s a really cool fun fact: Ace and Ava share the same bloodlines. They have the same canine dad, making them half-brother and sister!

Officer Hollis shared, “Ace works like a champ and always gives 100%. He will not stop searching until he finds what he’s looking for. He always keeps his nose down and hunts. And he’s not as verbal as a lot of other drug dogs, which is great."

At home, there’s never a dull moment with a puppy in the house. “Ace will play until he is worn out, then he’s ready to go again after a few minutes. He’s a cool dude and loves attention. He also wants to make his handler happy, which is a wonderful trait to have.” Officer Hollis has been in Law Enforcement for 14 years, and a K9 handler for ten of those.

Ava has been such a tremendous asset to the City, and we have no doubt that Ace will follow in his big sister’s footsteps. Thank you Officer Hollis and Ace for what you do each and every day to make Hoover and Hoover City Schools safer!
See the HPD K9 unit: https://www.hooverpd.com/k-9-unit.php

(MEDIA: please credit the narrative and photos to the Hoover Police Department.)
#hooverpd

08/08/2018

Busy night tonight at Target! We participated in National Night Out by helping with the ChildID fingerprint program. It's always a hit! Great work by our explorers!! #nationalnightout #policeexplorers #nno2018 #target

07/21/2018

Our day began with "The Rally" and then came some playtime in the rec center and then it was all business (well not really but we dressed the part) for the closing ceremonies. We didn't bring home any hardware but the explorers did great! We had very positive debriefs from the judges and really thought we could have won in several categories! With 90+teams competing in each one it's a tough fight at the top. Proud of each and every one of the explorers that represented the City of Hoover. Sad to see Hannah and Iman compete in their last nationals. They have been wonderful to have around the last 5 or 6 years!!

07/21/2018

Will and Mitch doing the challenge. Calling out other explorer posts!! #inmyfeelingschallenge #dotheshiggy #nleec2018 #drakechallenge #inmyfeels #havingfun #homeboundtomorrow

07/20/2018

National closing ceremony

07/20/2018

Air soft pistol competition

07/20/2018

Back to work for the first half of the day! We drew Officer Down, hostage negotiation, domestic and judgement pistol shooting today. We then tried our hand at the air soft pistol competition. After all that, they talked us into another outing with a few other Alabama/Georgia teams!! We are exhausted but having a blast.

07/19/2018

We took a break from the NLEEC to go out and explore! Floated down the Whitewater River! Back at it again tomorrow with two more competitions.

07/17/2018

Day two included a couple of competitions, hanging out at the career fair and playtime in the pool. Tomorrow brings a break from competition but not from the fun!

07/16/2018

We made it to Purdue University! Had a short stop in Kentucky where Will and Mitchell decided to have a jello eating contest! #nleec2018 #explorers #nationalconference2018 #hooverpd

07/16/2018

Jammin on the way to Nationals in Indiana!

12/20/2017

Christmas party! Gift exchange, ping pong, Beanboozled and charades!! Oh, and free haircuts by David!

10/30/2017

Hoover Police Explorers

10/30/2017

Hoover Police Explorers's cover photo

10/28/2017

Super proud of our Explorer's today! 3 1st Place, 1 second place, and four third place trophies. There was only one event we competed in where we didn't place. A fun time was had by all. It made a long day and lots of hard work worth it! Thanks to ALEEAA for hosting such a fun event.

10/28/2017

Shenanigans before the trophy presentation!

10/28/2017

Competition day! Bus ride to University of Montevallo then got all spruced up for uniform judging! Now on to scenarios!

10/28/2017

Super busy night at the Hoover Library Halloween party! We helped the kids make phone number bracelets in case they ever become lost. Lots of stickers given out and we got to meet some little officers in training!

10/27/2017

Some work, some play. A fun time doing both. Thanks to Jaxon, Austin, Will, JP and David for the awesome help tonight! Even if Agent Hyche beat them in push ups!! One more Halloween event tomorrow night then state competition Saturday!!

10/23/2017

HPD Explorers will be there...will you?

09/28/2017

Open House!! Tuesday October 3rd at 6pm! Just show up if you are interested in exploring. We will answer all your questions!

06/17/2017

So proud of y'all!!!

So proud of Taryn, Janie and Rishi for being great representatives of our post and our department at the 2017 ALEEAA Academy! They graduated today after completing a grueling week of PT, classroom learning, scenarios and shenanigans!!

06/17/2017

So proud of Taryn, Janie and Rishi for being great representatives of our post and our department at the 2017 ALEEAA Academy! They graduated today after completing a grueling week of PT, classroom learning, scenarios and shenanigans!!

04/29/2017

A HUGE Thank You to the explorers who helped with the Child ID event (Hannah, JP, Zoe, Rishi and Will) at Celebrate Hoover Day and the Drug Take Back Day (Austin and Braxton- not pictured). It was a hot day but we made it!!

04/05/2017

Officer Down scenarios tonight!

02/25/2017

Our crew for the night for Birmingham After Dark! We will have stops at UAB Hospital, Birmingham Fire Station, ACIPCO, Hoover 911 center and a few more. Exploring career fields that work the night shift!! #explorers #lawenforcementexplorer #boyscouts #birminghamafterdark #andpizza