“You are committing
yourself to a job that 24/7/365,”
Franklin Chief of Police Terry
Bradley told the graduates
of Southwestern Community
College’s Basic Law
Enforcement Training Program
during their graduation ceremonies
Friday, Sept. 4, on the Jackson
Campus.
In describing how their
career will be every hour
of every day, Bradley said,
“You make this sacrifice
because you know somebody
has to keep the wolf from
the door.” Their roles
will not be limited to law
enforcer, but will include
social worker, counselor,
first responder, rescue
worker and bearer of news,
he said.
Sheriff Jimmy Ashe of Jackson
County, Sheriff Curtis Cochran
of Swain County and Sheriff
Joe Shook of Clay County
joined Bradley in congratulating
the 18 members of BLET Class
#63 and welcomed them “into
the brother and sisterhood
of law enforcement.”
From left, graduates of
Southwestern Community College’s
Basic Law Enforcement Training
Class #63 and their sponsors
include (front) Cherie Dennis-Cherokee
Indian Police Department,
Jonathan Taylor-Macon County
Sheriffs’ Office,
Cody White-Swain County
Sheriffs’ Office,
Kimberly Tarver-Jackson
County Sheriffs’ Office,
Tiffany Holland-Cherokee
County Sheriffs’ Office;
(middle) Ninette Tritt-Jackson
County Sheriffs’ Office
(partial), Anthony Hopkins-Macon
County Sheriffs’ Office,
Aaron Frost-Bryson City
Police Department, David
Hyde-Jackson County Sheriffs’
Office, Jeremy Payne-Cherokee
County Sheriffs’ Office,
Nicholas Stephenson-Cherokee
Indian Police Department;
(back) Curtis Dowdle-SCC
Director of Public Safety
Training, Aaron Smith-Bryson
City Police Department,
Daniel Reid-Western Carolina
University Police, Matthew
Lundy-Cherokee County Sheriffs’
Office, Zachary Faulkenberry-Jackson
County Sheriffs’ Office,
Harold Chastain Jr.-Swain
County Sheriffs’ Office,
Johnathan Kahn-Western Carolina
University Police, Jason
Whisnant-Western Carolina
University Police, Anthony
Fincher-Jackson County Sheriffs’
Office.
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