Public Safety Cadet Unit 1888 La Plata, MD

11/21/2025

Congrats VanCleaf!

10/16/2025

Throwback Thursday: July 13, 2011, then LPPD Explorers for a promotion ceremony with past Chief Cassin Gittings.

10/15/2025

05/24/2025

Lieutenant Posey and Cadet Quade were at La Plata High School today recruiting for Public Safety Cadets.

If you are young man or women between the ages of 14 and 20, want to serve your community and have fun while doing so the contact us for more information on how to join our team! (301) 934-1500 or [email protected]

04/09/2025

On Saturday, April 5th Cadet Quade & Mentor CPL Madison joined Explorers and Cadets from around the Washington/Baltimore region for Competition Training hosted by the Potomac Boundary Advisors Association (PBAA) held at the Howard County Police Academy. Photos courtesy of Chris Johnson.

08/08/2024

Good job La Plata Cadets for helping out with National Night Out (NNO) and thanks to McGruff too!

08/05/2024

Welcome Fire and Emergency Medical Service Cadets!

Public Safety Cadets is pleased and proud to announce the creation of our Fire/EMS Sector! PSC’s Law Enforcement Sector is strong as ever, with a growing presence in over 40 states! Those units are creating positive experiences for countless youth who are making meaningful contributions to their communities while focusing on future careers in law enforcement.

Now, members of the Fire/EMS services will be able to provide those same types of opportunities to youth in their communities while preparing them for careers in the Fire and Emergency Medical Services.

Getting started is as simple as completing and submitting a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to initiate your agency’s partnership with PSC. Upon completion of the MOU, your PSC unit will have access to PSC’s general liability insurance, standard operating procedures (SOP) and other resources. Registration fees are $20 per Unit (increasing to $25 Jan. 1, 2025) and $15 per Mentor and Cadet (increasing to $20 Jan. 1, 2025).

So, if your Fire and Emergency Medical Services agencies are looking for a way to recruit and retain good candidates while engaging the community in a positive way, contact us at [email protected] or (703) 717-8168.

07/19/2024

07/19/2024

Cadet Captain VanCleaf leading the Leadership Academy in some motivating cadence. Great job Ryan!

07/19/2024

La Plata Police Cadets VanCleaf, Quade, & Posey graduated today from the Potomac Boundary Advisors Association (PBAA) 2024 Leadership Academy. Great job gentlemen!

07/19/2024

This past week La Plata Police Cadets attended the Potomac Boundary Advisors Association (PBAA) 2024 Leadership Academy held on the campus of Salisbury University. Seventy some Explorers/Cadets attended from across the DMV and Baltimore regions. It was a hot 🥵 week but that didn’t stop these young men and women!