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NCC’s Thirty-Sixth Law Enforcement Class Graduates

Graduates pictured on the front row, left to right: Mark Fuse of Rocky Mount, Brandon Thomas of Nashville, Jacob Strickland of Rocky Mount and Jacob Villalobos of Spring Hope. Back row, left to right: NCC Law Enforcement Training Director Nathan Mizell, Mark Withrow of Rocky Mount, Derek Belhumeur of Rocky Mount, Teodoro Antunez, Jr. of Bailey and Tyrell Maness of Rocky Mount.

Nash Community College’s thirty-sixth Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) class graduated on Thursday, January 3rd. The NCC Law Enforcement Training program includes physical and classroom state commission mandated topics and methods of instruction. General subjects include criminal, juvenile, civil, traffic, and alcohol beverage laws, investigative, patrol, custody, and court procedures, emergency responses, ethics, community relations and more.

To graduate, students must successfully complete and pass all units of study, including the certification examination mandated by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Education and Training Standards Commission.

“Law Enforcement is constantly changing; new challenges are emerging every day. Remember in order to push forward in your new profession you will need to be constantly training and continuing your education,” Rocky Mount Police Department Sergeant Michael A. Whitley shared with the graduates.

During the twenty-seven week training, students learned essential skills required for entry-level employment as law enforcement officers with state, county, or municipal governments, or private enterprise.

“I leave you with these final words  that I have adopted as my creed: the appearance of our uniform defines what we are to the public we serve, but it is our actions that define who we are,” Whitley shared.

For more information about the program, contact Nathan Mizell at 252-451-8278 or nmizell@nashcc.edu.