桑福德——当卡罗尔·刘易斯同意陪她的儿子去北卡罗来纳州公路巡逻训练学院实地考察时，她本来只是一个监护人. But as she wandered through the grounds, learning about the agency's culture and history, 刘易斯开始想知道她的执法事业会是什么样子.

She was an employment consultant at the time, 当人们被解雇或辞职时，负责审查失业申请的国家行政人员. It provided a good income and she wasn't unhappy in her job. Still, she kept thinking about that visit to the state highway patrol.

Then, she made her move. After an intense application process, she was admitted to the academy. But then her unlikely journey took another odd turn, when Lewis injured her knee and had to leave training. "I thought I was done for," she recalls. "I had no money. No job."

就在那时，她的公路巡逻队招聘人员建议刘易斯参加中央卡罗莱纳社区学院的基础执法培训. She jumped at the opportunity. Two weeks after leaving the academy, with her knee still in a brace, 她开车去桑福德大学继续她的计划，带着录取通知书和经济援助离开了.

Even as her knee recovered, the challenge remained formidable. Lewis was the oldest in her class, a single mom who got up at 5:30 a.m. 以避免她在罗利的家和桑福德的紧急服务培训中心之间最糟糕的交通. 另一方面，在其他地方，她还能在短短几个月内开始一份新的、有益的职业?

So, that's what she did, 三年前的12月，她成功地完成了培训，两个月后，她在北卡罗来纳州立大学开始了新的职业生涯, where she currently is a police officer in their crime prevention unit, working directly with students, faculty and staff to enhance public safety.

"It was life-altering for both of us," she says, 回顾和儿子的那次实地考察以及由此开启的事业. "It was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life."

IT to SRO

担任中交所公共安全系主任及基础执法培训主任, Robert Powell remembers Lewis well, calling her a "humble, 但他是一个有‘it’因素的天才”和“一个有一天会成为警察局长的了不起的领导者”.他还以她为例说明，基础执法训练的学员来自各行各业.

Then he offers another prime example: David Schau, 鲍威尔称他是“这所学院里最勤奋的学员之一”."

Schau目前在桑福德的沃伦威廉姆斯替代小学担任副警长和学校资源官, 在那里，他为从学前班到五年级的孩子们创造了一个安全有序的环境. 但在接受这一职位不到两年之前，他还是前美国国防部长.S. 在信息技术领域工作的空军计算机维护专家, 在25年的时间里，他担任过各种各样的职位，直到陷入商业收缩并被解雇.

从信息技术到副警长的转变可能看起来很奇怪. 但更重要的是:在基本执法训练的第二天, Schau celebrated his 60th birthday. "I felt like the Lord called me to it, so I knew then, in my heart, I had to give 100 percent," Schau says. “我的年龄是班上最年轻学员的三倍，我要比孩子们多花两周的时间才能适应."

But he got dialed in, 即使在开学前几周，他做完了结肠手术，健康状况良好，并努力赶上比他年轻的同学. Now, Schau is in a job he wanted, 多年前，他在妻子的二年级教室里做志愿者，开始为学生们朗读，从那时起，他就爱上了这个环境. When he first had the thought of moving into law enforcement, he knew becoming a school resource officer was his calling, and everything fell into place.

Traditional Students, Too

并不是所有的基础执法培训学生都是在职业生涯中期或退休后进入这一领域的. Johnsie Holbrook followed the more traditional path, 她在推荐正规买球平台完成了刑事司法的副学士学位，然后在家里的餐馆工作，直到她足够大到可以进入学院学习.

It's something she always wanted to do. One of her four brothers is in law enforcement, too, and another is a corrections officer in the military, so it seems inevitable that Holbrook also would enter the field. 但即使是她也必须克服一些障碍才能实现她的梦想. In short, her family had reservations about the idea.

"It wasn't really that my family didn't want me to do this, but they understand it can be dangerous," Holbrook says. “我是他们唯一的女儿，所以他们不是特别喜欢这个主意，但他们百分之百地支持我."

霍尔布鲁克说，她需要这种支持，因为这个项目非常严格. 她详细描述了考试的难度——每次考试前她是如何担心了几天才意识到这一点的, as the youngest student in her class, she didn't bring as much experience to training as many of her peers.

And then there was the "Red Man." As part of the training, 学生们学习格斗技巧，以便在需要时控制和逮捕街上的人. Then, 他们通过从头到脚穿着红色衬垫的教官打架来展示他们所学到的东西. For two minutes. With nothing but a baton.

Having never been in a fight or altercation in her life, Holbrook says she was nervous when she stepped onto the mat, and she took her share of contact. 但她坚持到了最后，全程都保持着微笑，“所以他们不知道我是疯了还是不知道该怎么办。."

Now, 霍尔布鲁克也是北卡罗来纳州立大学警察局的一名警官, 从“红人”的经历中走出来——以及她所有的执法训练——为自己的成就感到自豪. She calls it "probably the hardest thing I've ever done."

The Big Attraction

Though they come from different directions and walks of life, Basic Law Enforcement Training students have some things in common.

Powell says many want to test themselves -- like Holbrook, whom he describes as "a tenacious spirit who will not quit, either physically or intellectually.“他们真诚地希望为他人服务，回馈社区——包括刘易斯, 作为罗利的卡罗莱纳鹰田径俱乐部的志愿教练，他把这种公共服务意识带到了社区.

But another big attraction, Powell says, is the opportunity to prepare for an important, 只需16周的日间课程或不到8个月的夜间课程就能获得职业回报. “他们每个人都克服了困难，现在他们在他们的社区担任执法人员," Powell says about his former students, Lewis, Schau and Holbrook. “除了社区大学，你还能在哪里找到这么快的结果?"

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有关中交会基本执法训练计划的进一步资料, contact Robert Powell, BLET Director, at (919) 777-7774 or email to rpowell@gregory-mairet.com. Or, learn more about the program at 580f0l.gregory-mairet.com/blet.