TPD Cadets

Officer Munoz will be updating the site. If you have anything you need to add, let him know or one of the other admins. so that it may be added.  Officer Munoz is in the process of adding some pics and has started to add names to the Cadets to LEO's page. 

The TPD Cadets are headed down to Tulsa, OK the weekend of June 10th to compete against regional competition in the 1st ever Green County Challenge. 

On Friday April 1, 2011 eight Explorers from the Topeka Police Cadet Law Enforcement Explorer Post #721 willl travel to Fort Worth, TX to compete in the annual Texas Law Enforcement Explorer Advisors Association annual  competition.  The Cadets participating will make up two seperate team entries for the competition.  Each team will compete in several law enforcement scenarios against posts from across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. 

In 2010 the Topeka Police Cadets brought home 3 event awards from the competition.  Best of luck to this years participants as they finish their final preperations for the competition.

Congratulations to our newest basic course graduates.  TPD Cadets are proud to welcome our newest members to the program.

John Munoz

Adriana Cortez

Raymond Pickering

Brad Massey

Tyler Whitaker

The Cadets who attended the Bartlesville Xtreme 2010 Competition are asked to be present at the LEC on Wednesday January 19, 2011 at 1300 hours.  The TPD will host their public COMSTAT meeting which will include recognition of the 8 Cadets who participated in the sweeping victory in the Bartlesville competition.

Due to cancellation of our meeting on January 10, 2011 there will be some changes to the dates for the promotion process.

January 17, 2011      Applications Due along with training outline

                                     Peer Training Sessions begin

January 24, 2011      Basic Course Graduation

                                     Complete Peer Training Sessions

January 31, 2011     Promotion Interviews

February 7, 2011     Announcement and Promotions

Due to the winter weather cancellation of the TPD Cadet meeting on Monday January 10, 2011 it was necessary to rearrange the schedule.  The new dates will be as follows:

01/17/2011  1900-2100  Training Bomb Threat Response/Domestic Crisis Intervention

01/22/2011  1230-1630  Basic Course Testing Day

01/24/2011  1830-1900  Basic Course 2011-001 Graduation Event

Please take note of the changes.

The regular Monday night meeting scheduled for January 10, 2011 has been cancelled due to weather.  A lot of snow has already fallen and snow will continue to fall throughout the day into tonight.  Road conditions are and will continue to be hazardous.  All agenda items and training will be pushed back 1 week.  This includes the basic course testing day that had been scheduled for this Saturday, it will now be held next Saturday the 22nd and the basic class graduation will be held on January 24.

November 13, 2010

Bartlesville, OK- The Topeka Police Department (Kansas) Cadets competed this past weekend in the Bartlesville Xtreme 2010 Law Enforcement Explorer Competition.  Bartlesville Xtreme is an overnight advanced skills competition that not only requires the Explorer teams to demonstrate their ability to handle law enforcement scenarios but also requires them to communicate their actions with a dispatcher and to navigate their way around town. The competition was attended by teams from across Oklahoma and Kansas.

A long, tiresome night of competition was rewarded in the early morning hours when during the awards ceremony the Topeka Police Department Cadets were awarded first, second, or third place in 15 of the 20 events they competed in and the Topeka Police Cadets recieved Bartlesville Xtreme's overall champion award.

Congratulations to the Topeka Police Cadets who competed, their teammates back in Topeka, the Cadet advisers, and the Topeka Police Department on their accomplishments at Bartlesville Xtreme 2010.

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With January 1st just around the corner it will soon be time for us to bid farewell to Cadet Major Adam Kary and Cadet Lieutenant Jacob Gardner who will have maxed out their eligibility. 

Both Kary and Gardner spent many years with the cadet program and we wish them the best of luck as they proceed through the TPD Officer hiring process.  We will hold a "retirement" ceremony for Kary and Gardner on December 13, 2010.

The vacancies of the posts two most senior leadership positions will be filled using a process designated by the Advisers.  Stay tuned for details of when we will begin this process.

Until the positions have been filled Cadet Sergeant Alison Adams will serve as the interim post commander.

CPL Mike Cross

Lead Adviser

Topeka Police Cadets

Law Enforcement Explorer Post #721