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North Carolina community colleges to provide enhanced law enforcement training

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North Carolina community colleges to provide enhanced law enforcement training
North Carolina's community colleges introduced an initiative for enhanced professional development training to the state's law enforcement officers.Forty-five law enforcement instructors from 21 community colleges are participating in the first "Impartial Policing" event, which began Monday. Organizers said that this is the first of four regional instructor-training events statewide. About 150 instructors are expected to take part, and they will then share this standardized "Impartial Policing" content with police departments and sheriff's offices at no cost to the officers. Other regional instructor-training sessions will be held in August at Craven Community College in New Bern, Randolph Community College in Asheboro and Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton."By offering this enhanced instruction, community colleges are responding to a critical issue in their communities," said Peter Hans, president of the NC Community College System. "As we have seen in recent weeks, there is widespread national concern about tragic deaths that have occurred. We are working to provide the most comprehensive training possible to those whose difficult mission is to protect and serve the public."North Carolina's 58 community colleges serve about 700,000 students a year in college-transfer programs, short-term workforce training, high school dual enrollment, career and technical education and adult basic education, organizers said.

North Carolina's community colleges introduced an initiative for enhanced professional development training to the state's law enforcement officers.

Forty-five law enforcement instructors from 21 community colleges are participating in the first "Impartial Policing" event, which began Monday.

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Organizers said that this is the first of four regional instructor-training events statewide.

About 150 instructors are expected to take part, and they will then share this standardized "Impartial Policing" content with police departments and sheriff's offices at no cost to the officers. Other regional instructor-training sessions will be held in August at Craven Community College in New Bern, Randolph Community College in Asheboro and Western Piedmont Community College in Morganton.

"By offering this enhanced instruction, community colleges are responding to a critical issue in their communities," said Peter Hans, president of the NC Community College System. "As we have seen in recent weeks, there is widespread national concern about tragic deaths that have occurred. We are working to provide the most comprehensive training possible to those whose difficult mission is to protect and serve the public."

North Carolina's 58 community colleges serve about 700,000 students a year in college-transfer programs, short-term workforce training, high school dual enrollment, career and technical education and adult basic education, organizers said.