Four members of the Cranston Police Department’s new Explorers Program were among 35 cadets who recently graduated from the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Explorer Academy under a sparkling sun that blanketed Camp Varnum in Narragansett.
Cadets Genesis Aldana, Sofia Calderon, Eric Testa and Jesahias Quiroa, all students at Cranston High School East, became the first-ever Post 402 Explorers to attend as well as graduate from the high-level academy.
“The Academy was a great experience for four chosen Cranston Explorers,” said Inspector Robert Santagata, who is assigned to the CPD’s Traffic Unit. “They got a little taste of what the police academy is like, what we as police go through as far as training before we even hit the streets.”