Seminole County Sheriffs Office Explorer Post 517

Nothing beats a Night Search & Arrest Scenario 🚔

This past week, 12 of the SCSO Explorers competed at the Florida Association of Police Explorers 2024 State Competition!

The team consisted of:

Chief Xavier Sumrall
Major Conrad Boland
Captain Hannah Parrish
Lieutenant William Lange
Sergeant Emma McDaniel
Sergeant Abigail Haslam
Corporal Cassidy Reale (Commander)
Corporal James Erickson
Corporal Kristina Andreyenko
Corporal Benjamin Bianco
Youth Deputy Brian Buster
Youth Deputy Jonah Kessluk

Congratulations Seminole County Explorers for a fantastic State Competition!!

The SCSO Explorers received the great honor of taking home the first traveling Pistol Team Traveling Trophy with FAPE.

Results of Competition:

1st place 9mm Team Shoot!
Xavier Sumrall, Cassidy Reale, Kristina Andreyenko, and Jonah Kessluk.

1st Place Color Guard!

Commander: Cassidy Reale
Xavier Sumrall, Conrad Boland, William Lange, and Kristina Andreyenko.

5th Place Crisis Intervention (CIT)!

Xavier Sumrall, Conrad Boland, Hannah Parrish, and William Lange.

4th Place Search and Arrest!

Xavier Sumrall, Conrad Boland, Hannah Parrish, and William Lange.

3rd Place Expert Shoot Xavier Sumrall

2nd Place Expert Shoot Kristina Andreyenko

1st Place Expert Shoot Cassidy Reale

3rd Place Steel Shoot Ben Bianco

3rd Place Female Physical Agility Cassidy Reale

3rd Place Police Mountain Bike Abigail Haslam

3rd Place Drill Team!

Commander: Cassidy Reale
Xavier Sumrall, Conrad Boland, Hannah Parrish, and William Lange

Rangemaster Top 10
Jonah Kessluk
Cassidy Reale
Kristina Andreyenko
Ben Bianco
Xavier Sumrall
William Lange

New Explorer FAPE Youth President
Conrad Boland!

Youth Board Secretary William Lange
FAPE At Large Executive Director
Keith Betham
FAPE Secretary Stephanie Berrios
FAPE State Advisor Isabelle Rivera

The SCSO Explorer Color Guard & Drill Team representing at the 2024 FAPE State Competition!

Countless hours of training all leads up to this week of competing. Results to come on Saturday!

Opening Ceremonies for the 2024 FAPE State Competition!

The SCSO Explorers have a busy week ahead of them competing. Wish them luck as they start off their first competition day bright and early tomorrow out at the Range!

The Central Florida Law Enforcement Explorer Academy Class #21 officially graduated today. We could not be more proud of the Explorers!

From Seminole County:

Phase 1 Graduates:

James Erickson - Phase Leader
Drake Besse
Summer Torres
Mari Rivera
Sadie White
Travis Noe

Phase 2 Graduates:

Brian Buster - Phase Leader
Abigail Haslam

Phase 3 Graduates:

Kristina Andreyenko - Class Leader
Ethan Arn

The SCSO Explorers received the following awards:

Phase 2 - Overall Academic Excellence

Brian Buster

Phase 2 - Overall Physical Fitness

Abigail Haslam

Phase 2 - Best Tactical

Brian Buster

Phase 3 - Top Shooter

Kristina Andreyenko

Outstanding Leadership

James Erickson

Overall Excellence

Brian Buster

Way to represent, Explorers!

Congratulations to our 3 newly sworn in Explorers!

New Explorers:

Jack Halladay
Shauna Chambers
Drake Besse

The Seminole County Explorers made a great showing at the FAPE May Delegates!

1st place Team Shoot
3rd place Sharpshooter Kristina Andreyenko
1st place Sharpshooter Ben Bianco
3rd place Expert Cassidy Reale
2nd place Expert Xavier Sumrall
1st place Expert Jonah Kessluk
Overall Match Winner: William Lange!

Last competition before the annual State Competition in July!

This is what it is all about coming together as a group and motivating each-other to accomplish great things!

We are extremely proud of the Explorers hard work and dedication!

Tonight, the SCSO Explorers had another well deserved promotion! Youth Deputy James Erickson was promoted to Squad Corporal!

The Explorer Color Guard & Drill Team’s annual practice at the Courthouse in preparation for the upcoming Memorial, went fantastic!

Nothing quite like practicing and watching the sun rise ☀️

Last night, the SCSO Explorers had the great opportunity to learn about a few of the different career paths that are offered within the Sheriff’s Office at last night’s Career Day!

In place of hosting their normal training, the Explorers spent their Thursday evening learning about different job opportunities in the Sheriff’s Office!

Thank you to everyone who came out to teach the Explorers!

Tonight, the SCSO Explorers had two very well deserved promotions!

Squad Corporal Abigail Haslam was promoted to Squad Sergeant!

Youth Deputy Ben Bianco was promoted to Squad Corporal!

Haslam has been a strong leader with our Program and was our Senior experienced Corporal for many years!

Bianco has done a fantastic job as the Ride-A-Long Coordinator and has proven a great ability to learn!

We are very proud of you both!

Another great day for the SCSO Explorers out at the Airshow! This is a great event for our post every year!

See you next year at the Airshow!

Last night, members of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Honor Guard had the great honor of welcoming home some of our country’s veterans returning on the Honor Flight! The Explorers have done this many years ago, and are glad to be able to participate in this wonderful event once again!

Happy Spring Break from the SCSO Explorers! The Explorers have gotten a well deserved break this week and will be back at it again, next week! Hope everyone has a fun and safe spring break!

Who’s excited?!? The SCSO Explorer Color Guard & Drill Team will be hosting try-outs to join their team this Thursday after the weekly meeting! All current members are eligible to try-out! 2 team positions are open.

The Explorer Color Guard & Drill Team commit countless hours to their training, and it shows!

This evening, the SCSO Explorers Presented the Colors at the SCSO Red Ribbon Ceremony! As always, they did a fantastic job!

The Explorers have been training consistently and even took 1st Place in this year’s Winterfest Competition! With their hard work and dedication, the SCSO Explorers plan on continuing this 1st Place ranking at this year’s State Competition!

Who’s missing Winterfest right now?

Post 517 couldn’t miss the opportunity to take their yearly photo at the river in Gatlinburg, Tennessee! This tradition has gone on for generations of Explorers and will continue on for many years to come!

Did you know that SCSO Explorers age 16 and above are eligible to attend Ride-Alongs? Ride-A-Longs are an integral part of our Program where the Explorers are able to see Law Enforcement up-close and in action! There is nothing like being able to reinforce your Law Enforcement training than with seeing how it applies to real-life policing with first-hand experience.

If you are interested in Law Enforcement as a possible profession, our Program is for you! Contact us to learn more about joining!

If you’re currently already a member, get Ride-A-Long certified now! Contact the Ride-A-Long Coordinator to learn about your next steps in becoming certified!

The SCSO Explorers have made us proud once again, winning 1st Place in their Color Guard Competition at the BSA Winterfest Competition in Gatlinburg, Tennessee! The Explorer Color Guard and Drill Team have committed countless hours to training in preparation for this competition. We are so proud! Congratulations to the Team: Commander Cassidy Reale, Alternate Commander Logan King, Explorer Xavier Sumrall, Explorer Conrad Boland, and Explorer Hannah Parrish.

Congrats to the SCSO Explorers on their 3rd place win on the Traffic Stop scenario at the BSA Winterfest Competition! Throughout Competition, the Explorers were commended for completing extremely thorough searches as well as great communication with their team!

Proud to represent as the reigning champions in Color Guard from our past competition in 2020!

The SCSO Explorers out bright and early this morning at the Lake Mary Run With a Hero 3K!

First night of the Felony Traffic Stop Training Block for the SCSO Explorers!

Tonight, the SCSO Explorers held their annual end of year award ceremony/Christmas party!

The explorer of the year was awarded to Operations Lieutenant William Lange!

The advisor of the year was awarded to Deputy Adam Koeppel!

Other awards handed out, included the patriot pin, tenure, community service, first aid, ride along certification, and Academy completion! not all awards are pictured here more pictures to follow!

This year, the activities at the Christmas party included a raffle, Explorer bingo, and an intense elf on the shelf competition!

2023 SCSO Explorers Wrapped!

Fantastic job this year Explorers, you have truly outdone yourself!

Photos from the Christmas Party/Awards Ceremony coming soon!

Busy day today for the SCSO Explorers! The Explorers started out at the annual Christmas Village event 🎁 This is always a fantastic event for the Explorers!

The SCSO Explorers then had the wonderful opportunity to walk in the Sanford Christmas Parade of Lights to help represent SCSO!

Fantastic work Explorers!!

The SCSO Explorers wrapped up their Routine Traffic Stop Training Block this past Thursday 🚔 When the Explorers return from their Winter break, they will be heading into their High Risk Traffic Stop Training Block!

Retired Explorer Shout-Out!

Retired Explorer Captain Rose Gardner graduated the Seminole State College Fire Academy today!

Although Rose chose to pursue a different career path, we are so very proud of her accomplishments and dedication to serving her community! Rose has always excelled in the medical aspect of law enforcement, so it came as no surprise when she told us she wanted to pursue a career as an EMT/Firefighter! 🔥🚒

We are so very proud of you, Rose!

Tonight, the SCSO Explorers continued on with their 2nd week of Traffic Stop Training! 🚔🚔

Tonight, we celebrated the retirement of Youth Deputy Gabriel Riggins.

Youth Deputy Riggins has been with us since June of 2022. Riggins has an outstanding personality and has been a friend to every person and Explorer he meets.

During his time with our Program, Youth Deputy Riggins contributed greatly at our Community Service details and commit over 100 hours to Community Service program this year.

We wish you well!