{"id":7219,"date":"2026-05-18T15:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/?p=7219"},"modified":"2026-05-18T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:29:45","slug":"photos-of-the-week-tacoma-pd-explorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/photos-of-the-week-tacoma-pd-explorers\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the Week: Tacoma PD Explorers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tacoma Police Union, I.U.P.A. Local #6, WA Member Sergeant Kelly Custis leads the Explorer program at Tacoma Police Department that recently competed in the King County Patrol Day Challenge!<\/p>\n

Tacoma Police Department shared about it on social media, \u201cSHOUT OUT TO OUR TPD EXPLORERS! \u00a0From April 10\u201312, the Tacoma Police Explorer Program sent six of our Explorers to compete in the King County Patrol Day Challenge\u2014a three-day event focused on real-world law enforcement scenarios.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cExplorers took part in hands-on mock scenes including building searches, crisis intervention, domestic disputes, collision investigations, and even an obstacle course. They also had the opportunity to learn from specialized demonstrations like Forensics, DUI processing, and K9 operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

They closed with, \u201cThe event brought together over 50 Explorer participants from approximately 10 agencies across Washington, all part of the Washington Law Enforcement Exploring Advisors<\/strong><\/a> program\u2014an organization dedicated to providing meaningful, career-focused experiences for youth interested in law enforcement. We\u2019re proud of our Explorers for representing Tacoma and continuing to build their skills, teamwork, and leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Each week, the I.U.P.A. Briefing Room features a photo that exemplifies the valuable part of the community that our Law Enforcement Officers all across the U.S. are and their positive impact as well as their dedication, service, and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Submit your photos today to be considered for the photo of the week next week to alinaj@iupa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7228,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7219\/revisions\/7228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}