Law Enforcement Training Offered at A-B Tech
A-B Tech’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program is accepting applications for its next class of officers starting in January.
A-B Tech’s Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program is accepting applications for its next class of officers starting in January.
BLET is a program that is required for any law enforcement officer in the state of North Carolina. There is no cost for the training and some agencies pay trainees to attend. Students accepted into the BLET program must be at least 20 years of age.
“We want recruits who want to be part of the change in their communities,” said Marty McNeely, Director of Law Enforcement Training at A-B Tech. “We have excellent equipment and instructors, and we teach how to take care of the whole community, not just certain parts.”
The program lasts four-and-a-half months and teaches communications skills, driver training, control techniques, traffic enforcement, and many other skills.
About A-B Tech
Founded in 1959 in the heart of Asheville, A-B Tech is the largest higher education institution in Western North Carolina, serving approximately 23,000 students a year in Buncombe and Madison counties. One of 58 community colleges in the NC Community College System, A-B Tech offers more than 125 degrees, diplomas and certificates, as well as a wide range of workforce training and continuing education programs.
A-B Tech includes the main Asheville campus, A-B Tech Enka (home of the A-B Tech Small Business Center and Business Incubation Program, Craft Beverage Institute of the Southeast and N.C. BioNetwork), A-B Tech Madison, A-B Tech Woodfin, the Goodwill Center and the ABCCM Transformation Village in West Asheville, and a new South location under construction at Biltmore Park West in 2023.
Learn more at abtech.edu.
