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Your cadet program deserves better than a paper application.

ExplorerCadets gives your program a real website at yourcity.explorercadets.com — and a back office that handles applications, roster, events, hours, training, equipment, and documents.

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Built and run by a working cadet advisor, not a software vendor.

1. This could be your program

A complete public site — about the program, training, requirements, FAQ, and an application. Below is a live sample for a fictional department.

Open the sample site full-screen →

Your branding. Your badge, your colors, your photos, your copy. Nothing on the page says ExplorerCadets except one line in the footer.

Built for phones. The people you're recruiting are 14 to 20 and they are on their phones. The whole site — including the application — is designed for a 360-pixel screen first.

2. What your recruits see

This is the real application, running in demo mode. Fill it in — nothing is submitted anywhere.

Demo — this is a live walkthrough of the real application. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

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Before you start

This application takes about 15–20 minutes. It asks about your school, your background, and why you want to join — so it helps to have your transcript or most recent report card, and a photo of yourself, handy before you start.

This application must be completed by the applicant

Parents and guardians may not answer on an applicant’s behalf. Applications completed by anyone other than the applicant will be denied.

Before you begin, make sure you

  • Are between 14 and 20 years old
  • Have completed the 8th grade
  • Can upload a transcript or recent report card
  • Have a photo of yourself for the application, or can take one now
  • Know the names and phone numbers of three references
  • Have a parent or guardian’s contact information if you are under 18, or an emergency contact if you are 18 or over

Your progress is not saved

For your privacy, nothing you type is stored on this device — so if you close this page you'll have to start over. Set aside enough time to finish in one sitting.

Integrity

Law enforcement holds its people to a standard of absolute honesty, and Cadets are held to it too. Answer every question completely and truthfully. Dishonesty or omission is grounds for denial.

Your answers go directly to the Spark PD Cadet Program advisors and are used only to evaluate your application.

3. Where it lands

Submit the demo application above and watch it arrive here. Then move it through review — applicant, candidate, background, cadet.

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Applications

Tap an applicant to review and move them through.

Switch between Desktop and Phone above — advisors run this from a patrol car as often as a desk.

Everything else it does

The application is the front door. The rest is the program you run all year.

  • Online applications

    Recruits apply from their phone. Transcripts upload straight into your files. No paper, no email attachments, no re-typing.

  • Review workflow

    Move each applicant through review, interview, and background. Everything is logged, so you always know who decided what and when.

  • Roster & ranks

    Every cadet, their rank, their certification level, and their history in one directory.

  • Events & RSVPs

    Post meetings and community events. Cadets RSVP from their phone and you see the roll before you leave the office.

  • Hours tracking

    Cadets log volunteer hours; you approve them. Year-end totals come out of the system instead of a shoebox.

  • Training records

    Track certifications across the unit and see what is expiring before it lapses.

  • Equipment

    Know which uniform, vest, and radio went to which cadet, and get it back when they leave.

  • Documents

    Assign manuals, waivers, and permission slips. See at a glance who has signed and who has not.

  • Push notifications

    Reach cadets and parents on their phones for meeting changes and callouts, even with the app closed.

See a real one

The Medford Police Department Cadet Program runs on ExplorerCadets. Same components, same application, real cadets.

Visit medford.explorercadets.com

Get your program set up

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