For Irvine teenagers interested in law enforcement, the city’s Police Explorer program offers a chance to volunteer alongside officers, assist at community events and learn firsthand how policing works in America’s safest large city.
Now, thanks to a youth-led fundraising effort, those volunteers have a new way to get there.
Irvine students and community supporters raised about $100,000 to donate a Ford Transit van to the Irvine Police Department’s Explorer program. The vehicle, which can carry 14 passengers, will transport Explorers to training events, competitions and community service activities across Orange County…