OK, YOU THINK YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A CITY OF MIAMI POLICE EXPLORER? HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED:
* Be a minimum of 14 years of age and in the ninth grade or higher
* Parental approval including a general liability release
* Be enrolled as a full time student in a public or private school. College students are allowed to be Explorers too, however applicants over the age of 21 will not be accepted.
*Maintain a "C" grade average or better
*Have no criminal police record
*Be in good health
*Complete an 80-hour training program. (This program is called Explorer Academy. You can still be an Explorer, but in April you must attend the Academy.)
*Pass an interview with a panel of Police Explorers
THINK YOU GOT WHAT IT TAKES? THEN SHOW UP TO AN EXPLORER MEETING ON A MONDAY FROM 6:00 P.M.-8:30 P.M.!!!! 400 N.W. 2nd Avenue, Miami, Florida. Or call (305) 579-6184 and ask for Officer Brown-Tucker.