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Nash Community College recognized eight officers for completing the College\u2019s 56th\u00a0<\/sup>Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Academy on Tuesday, June 11, 2019.<\/p>\n “Each of you have had an\u00a0opportunity to experience a wealth of\u00a0information and apply what you have learned in classroom practical\u00a0situations during numerous\u00a0scenario-based blocks,” Rocky Mount Police Department Captain Michael Whitley, NCC alumnus, said in his keynote address. “This course is\u00a0challenging while serving as the\u00a0foundation of your law enforcement\u00a0career. Upon that foundation you are\u00a0personally responsible for building your\u00a0career through continued learning\u00a0experiences.” Whitley cited enthusiasm, courage, wisdom, patience, self-control and compassion as characteristics necessary for the cadets’ success in their new profession.<\/p>\n Cadets participated in rigorous physical and classroom state commission-mandated topics and methods of instruction covering topics related to legal, criminal, juvenile, civil, traffic, investigative, patrol, custody, court procedures, emergency responses, ethics, community relations and more during the twenty-seven-week training. To graduate, students successfully completed 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\u2019 Education and Training Standards Commission.<\/p>\n Nash Community College has trained law enforcement officers through its BLET program since 1999. In 2015, Nash Community College expanded its BLET training options with the opening of the Center for Advanced Law Enforcement Training in the Continuing Education and Public Services Building. The Center features unparalleled instructional facilities including an indoor firing range, and VirTra Systems, Inc. training simulator.<\/p>\n For more information, call (252) 451-8489 or email\u00a0tlmehus599@nashcc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pictured above, from left: NCC Basic Law Enforcement Training Director Timothy Mehus; Officer Cassaundra Victoria Sullivan of Fuquay Varina, Wilson Police Department; Deputy Stephen Anthony Ward of Zebulon,\u00a0Franklin County Sheriff’s Office; Deputy Abigail Renee Genaudeau of Elm City, Nash County Sheriff’s Department; Cadet Dalyn Kyle Follmer of Bailey; Deputy Makeem Rictrell Brooks of Rocky Mount, North Hampton County Sheriff’s Office; Cadet Joseph Vanwick Morris IV of Zebulon; Cadet Jonathan Lewis Long of Rocky Mount; Officer Patrick Michael Lenhart of Wilson,\u00a0Rocky Mount Police Department.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nash Community College recognized eight officers for completing the College\u2019s 56th\u00a0Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Academy on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. “Each of you have had an\u00a0opportunity to experience a… Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9255"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9275,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9255\/revisions\/9275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nashccnews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}