Explorer Program
Coverage of Explorer Program in the Nexus archive.
- ‘I knew what to do’: Travel nurse uses military training to disarm knife-wielding attacker
A travel nurse used military-style techniques to subdue a knife-wielding man attacking a woman at a Vermont nursing home. The nurse, Leceadricke Young, disarmed Wayne Butchino during the incident at Elderwood Nursing Home before police arrived and arrested him.
- Deputy fired after receiving cyber tip accused of using AI to generate nude images
A deputy from Douglas County, Nebraska, was fired in May after an investigation found policy violations, including possession of child abuse material, using AI to generate nude images of juvenile female members of the Explorer program and female deputies, and being intoxicated while on leave. The deputy appealed his termination, claiming insufficient evidence and rights violations, but the sheriff’s office denied the appeal, and the Merit Commission is scheduling a hearing.
- Deputy fired after receiving cyber tip accused of using AI to generate nude images
A deputy from Douglas County, Nebraska was fired after an investigation found policy violations, including allegations of possessing child abuse material and using AI to generate nude images. The investigation was triggered by a cyber tip linking his iCloud account to potential child sexual abuse material, and he has appealed his termination, claiming insufficient evidence.
- Police officer in O.C. arrested amid allegations tied to juvenile female
A police officer in Orange County was arrested over allegations involving a juvenile female. Garden Grove Police Officer Roberto Machuca was taken into custody after investigators were notified of possible inappropriate interactions between him and a girl in the department’s Explorer program.