El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 457 competed in a statewide competition at the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento last weekend.  

There were 43 explorer posts from across the state consisting of 330 explorers who competed.

Explorers were evaluated in several reality based scenarios including crime scene investigation, traffic stops, active shooter, DUI stops, critical incident, officer needs assistance, building search, California alert system, felony stop, crisis intervention, court testimony, domestic violence, and shooting skills.

The El Dorado team brought home three trophies: fifth place in crisis intervention, fourth place in active shooter and first place in shooting skills.