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For the past seven years, Bernie Taylor has been running 黑料网鈥檚 Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program out of one classroom on the Tarboro campus. That all changed in late 2021 when the academy moved across campus from the Fleming Building to the Havens Building, expanding the program鈥檚 facilities to include showers, lockers, […]
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