SHERIFF EXPLORERS

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office Explorer Post 6262

Post 6262 is a Co-Ed Post ( Male & Female members) and currently has 12
Active Explorer Members and 10 Advisors, We do the same training that actual
officers do, provided by training instructors. We work with the other Law
Enforcement Departments throughout Ottawa County.

Part of our training includes tours & presentations provided by other Law
Enforcement Departments, including the Highway Patrol, the Coast Guard, FBI,
BCI, Police, Fire Dept., Game Wardens, Underwater Recovery Unit, and other
County Law Enforcement Agencies. Our Post offers a Ride-a-long program, to
help members decide what part of Law Enforcement they want to pursue. We are
an Active post that works years round, doing training, security, and camping,
too.

During the past year, we acquired a Mobile Command Office and we purchased
our own Police Radios, with the support of many Community Groups and
Organizations. Thank you for all the support.

We perform Security Services for numerous functions and organizations around
Ottawa County, from Parades to Festivals. Last year our Post logged almost
1,000 community service hours at some of the following events, The County
Recycling Days, the Walleye Festival, City Parades, Fishing Tournaments, The
Harvest Festival, The County Fair, The Apple Festival, The Rocky Ridge
Community Open House, the Marblehead Community Open House, Mock Disasters,
Hogs by the Lake, a Boy/Girl Scout Camporee - Gibsonburg, Ohio, News Years
Eve Port Clinton, and at a Invitational Scouting Camporee at Put-In-Bay,
South Bass Island.

We do weekend camping and other events as follows. We do Security for &
participate at Scouting Camporees to compete for awards in different areas of
scouting skills. We take a weekend to camp and participate in a COPE Course,
to allow us to develop group dynamics, so we can better function as a group
and as individual members. We strive to develop personal growth, character,
and self worth in all of our members.

This year, our Post is traveling to Atlanta Georgia, to participate in the
Explorer National Law Enforcement Conference, July 19th thru 23rd, with the
help of a Grant from “The United Way Special Project Fund”. A Special Thanks
for the Support of the United Way, serving Lucas, Wood, And Ottawa County’s,
in Port Clinton, and Toledo, Ohio.

If you have a function we can assist you with, please contact us through The
Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, Port Clinton, Ohio. We require at least two months notice, so we can arrange our work and other activities around your event.

2005 Year-End Report

Events Worked in 2005 – 1386.75 Total Hours

Recycling; 04/23/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Estimation of 4 hours X 3 people = 12 hrs.

BSA Camporee – Camp Perry, Port Clinton; 04/29/05 – 05/01/05 – 212 Total Hours

Combined hours of Kevin Steinman, Nick Hammer, Andrew Winter, Ben Winter, Steve Walterbach, Dave Cook, and Clay Finken

Recycling; 05/07/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Estimation of 4 hours X 3 people = 12 hrs.

Recycling; 05/21/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Estimation of 4 hours X 3 people = 12 hrs.

Parade in Walbridge; 05/21/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

            Clay Finken = 4 hrs.

            Jack Walterbach = 4 hrs.

Port Clinton Walleye Fest; 05/27/05 – 05/30/05 – 292 Total Hours

            Clay Finken = 22.5 hrs.

            Steve Walterbach = 48 hrs.

            Jack Walterbach = 16 hrs.

            Ben Winter = 48 hrs.

            Andrew Winter = 24 hrs.

            Dean Hammer = 20 hrs.

            David Cook = 20 hrs.

            Nick Hammer = 30 hrs.

            Kevin Steinman = 38.5 hrs.

            Bethany Setzler = 6 hrs.

            Shaun Harder = 7 hrs.

            John Behnken = 12 hrs.

Port Clinton Walleye Fest Parade; 05/28/05 – 4 Total Hours

            Nick Hammer = 2 hrs.

            Ben Hammer = 2 hrs.

Parade – Genoa Homecoming; 06/03/05 – 6 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 3 hrs.

            Clay Finken = 3 hrs.

Oak Harbor July 4th Fireworks Celebration; 07/02/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

            Clay Finken = 4 hrs.

            Jack Walterbach = 4 hrs.

Parade – July 4th Lakeside Parade; 07/04/05 – 2 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 2 hrs.

Parade – July 4th Port Clinton Parade; 07/04/05 – 3 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 3 hrs.

4-H Chicken BBQ @ Fairgrounds; 07/10/05 – 18 Total Hours

            Estimation of 4.5 Hours X 4 People = 18 Hours

Ottawa County Fair; 07/18/05 – 07/24/05 – Total Hours = 290.25 hrs.

            (see Attachment A below)

200th Red Horse Squadron Homecoming Celebration (Parking); 08/18/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

            Clay Finken = 4 hrs.

            Dave Cook = 4 hrs.

200th Red Horse Squadron Homecoming Celebration (Parade); 08/18/05 – 6 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 2 hrs.

            Bethany Setzler = 2 hrs.

            Nick Hammer = 2 hrs.

Parade in Marblehead; 08/27/05 – 4 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

Port Clinton Labor Day Festivals (Perch, Peach, and Polka Festival and Tunes, Trucks, Tacos, and Tattoos Festival); 09/03/05 – 09/04/05 – 118 Total Hours

Combined Hours of Kevin Steinman, Zech Robertson, Clay Finken, Andrew Winter, Ben Winter, Steve Walterbach, Jack Walterbach, and Dave Cook

Hogs by the Lake Festivals; 09/09/05 – 09/11/05 – 62 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 12 hrs.

            Andrew Winter = 12 hrs.

            Ben Winter = 10 hrs.

            Zech Robertson = 12 hrs.

            Dean Hammer = 12 hrs.

            Ben Hammer = 4 hrs.

Put-in-Bay Historic Weekend BSA Camporee; 09/09/05 – 09/11/05 – 92 Total Hours (approx.)

            John Behnken = 40 hrs. (approx.)

            Nick Hammer = 40 hrs. (approx.)

            Ben Winter = 12 hrs. (approx.)

Recycling; 09/10/05 – 4 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

Dive Team Pancake Breakfast; 09/18/05 – 10 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 7 hrs.

            Ben Hammer = 3 hrs.

Port Clinton Harvest Festival; 09/23/05 – 09/25/05 – 121 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 11 hrs.

            Clay = 20 hrs.

            Ben Winter = 8 hrs.

            Steve Walterbach = 20 hrs.

            Andrew Winter = 20 hrs.

            Zech Robertson = 20 hrs.

            David Cook = 8 hrs.

            Shaun Harder = 8 hrs.

            Ben Hammer = 6 hrs.

Recycling; 09/24/05 – 4 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

Marblehead Lighthouse Festival; 10/08/05 – 12 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 3 hrs.

            Jack Walterbach = 3 hrs.

            Chris Cox = 3 hrs.

            Zech Robertson = 3 hrs.

Oak Harbor Apple Festival Parade; 10/08/05 – 15 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 3 hrs.

            Chris Cox = 3 hrs.

            Zech Robertson = 3 hrs.

            Nick Hammer = 3 hrs.

            Ben Hammer = 3 hrs.

Recycling; 10/15/05 – 8 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4 hrs.

            Clay Finken = 4 hrs.

Port Clinton Walleye Drop; 12/31/05 – 31.5 Total Hours

            Kevin Steinman = 4.5 hrs.

            Nick Hammer = 4.5 hrs.

            Dave Cook = 4.5 hrs.

            Chris Cox = 4.5 hrs.

            Bethany Setzler = 4.5 hrs.

            Ben Winter = 4.5 hrs.

            Steve Walterbach = 4.5 hrs.

Other Functions – 73 Total Hours

SRT Training Exercise – Camp Perry; 10/18/05 – 45 Total Hours

Combined Hours of Kevin Steinman, Clay Finken, Ron Dowling, Chris Cox, Zech Robertson, Ben Hammer, Dave Cook, Jack Walterbach, Steve Walterbach at 5 hours per person

SRT Training Exercise – LaCarne Elementary; 11/22/05 – 28 Total Hours

Combined Hours of Kevin Steinman, Dave Cook, Clay Finken, Ben Hammer, Ben Winter, Andrew Winter, Steve Walterbach at 4 hours per person

In-Field Observations (Ride-alongs) – 372.5 Total Hours

Explorer Kevin Steinman – 196.5 Total Hours

Various observations with Road Patrol with Sgt. Jeff Hickman, Sgt. Gary Gregg, and Deputy Chuck Shuff, respectively – 159.5 Total Hours

Various observations with Marine Patrol with Sgt. Jeff Hickman, Deputy Chuck Shuff, Deputy Dean Hammer, Deputy Jim Reagan, Deputy Jim Hanney, and Deputy Kent Davis, respectively – 37 Total Hours

Explorer Ben Winter – 96 Total Hours

Various observations with Road Patrol with Deputy Chuck Shuff – 16 Total Hours

Various observations with Port Clinton Police Department with Officer Joel Barton – 80 Total Hour

Explorer Clay Finken – 80 Total Hours

Various observations with Corrections Division with Sgt. Tina Evans and other afternoon shift deputies – 80 Total Hours

Grand Total Hours of Service for 2005 = 1832.25

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Updated, February 17, 2006