Classes in the daytime program will be held from 8 a.m. to about 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, and the session will run to late November. An evening BLET class is also being planned, to begin Aug. 20, according to Tony Pendergrass, VGCC law enforcement training coordinator. Maximum enrollment for the BLET class is 24. The course covers 602 hours of instruction and includes revisions that went into effect in North Carolina last year to meet current laws.
Instruction is geared to the needs of law officers in today s environment.
Graduates of the BLET course will take the North Carolina certification exam at the end of the course, and VGCC graduates have a very high passing rate on the exam, Pendergrass said. Applicants must be 21 years or older, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be sponsored by a law enforcement agency. All applications should be delivered to Pendergrass for verification of completeness.