Law Enforcement Exploring is a worksite-based program for young men and women who are between the age of 14 years of age and have not yet reached their 21st birthday.

Law Enforcement Explorer posts help youth to gain insight into a variety of programs that offer hands-on law enforcement career activities. For young men and women who are interested in careers in the field of law enforcement, Exploring offers experiential learning with lots of fun-filled, hands-on activities that promote the growth and development of adolescent youth.

Members are given classroom instruction every Monday and that following Tuesday, Explorers are given realistic scenarios that will allow them to use the lessons they learned the previous day.

Explorers can earn the privilege to ride along with a Baytown Police Officer during their shift to see what police work is really like. This helps them to discover if being a Police Officer, or working in the Law Enforcement career field is what they want to do.

EPPICard - Now with more administrative fees

August 30th, 2010Mackenzie

Americans without jobs or with disabilities need an easy way to access state relief funds, and EPPICard hasn't always made the process easy. With the ATM-styled EPPICard, welfare recipients can withdraw accessible state benefit funds on demand. But as numerous media sources have reported, there are significant difficulties with the program. Case in point: one Fayetteville Observer reader using EPPICard found that hidden fees were waiting within the wings.

New Sweeping Credit Card Changes

August 30th, 2010Yasmin Jones

It's been nine months in the making and tomorrow, 22 new credit card laws will hit consumers.

The fine print is about to change. From clear and precise bills to a cap on the dreaded interest rate– tomorrow marks the start of a new credit card industry.

The average American has about $10,000 in credit card debt.

It's not an easy hole to dig out of, but new changes could be the light at the end of the tunnel.

What's being called the most sweeping changes coming to the credit card industry, should end deceptive tactics, and unfair fees for consumers.

Why keeping debit card overdraft coverage is a bad idea

July 16th, 2010KatelynS

If you're like most people, you have a debit card. So you've already received a letter from your bank about what a great service debit card overdraft coverage is, and just how essential it is for you to keep it. This letter is a result of new credit card rules that require banks to ask you if you would rather opt out of paying for an overdraft and just have your purchase declined. The change in regulations was encouraged by consumer complaints about out of control bank overdraft fees .