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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jake Omodt, Communications Assistant
Phone 952-833-9522 • jomodt@EdinaMN.gov • EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Edina/Eden Prairie Police Explorers Post 3925 Visits National
Conference
Edina, Minn., July 23, 2018 – Edina/Eden Prairie Police Explorers Post 3925 earned several awards at the
National Police Explorer Conference July 15-21 in West Lafayette, Indiana, at Purdue University.
Sixteen Police Explorers from Post 3925, along with six advisors, drove almost 1,200 miles to the conference.
In total, approximately 3,000 Police Explorers from across the country attended the conference. Edina Police
Officers attending the conference as advisors were Ricky Harr, Ben Wenande and Nicole Frederick.
Post 3925 competed in eight team events with one team placing fifth in Crime Scene Investigation. Explorer
Bennett Breyer placed second in the 9mm shooting competition and first in the bullseye competition.
“A huge thank you goes out to Edina Police Officers Eric Carlson and Kyle Waterstreet who put on monthly
range events for our Explorers,” wrote Frederick. “Our Explorers represented themselves and the Edina and
Eden Prairie Police Departments in a highly professional manner while at the conference. As advisors, we are
all proud of them.”
For more information on the Police Explorers program, visit EdinaMN.gov/400/Explorer-Post-925 or contact
Harr or Frederick at 952-826-1610.
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