Law Enforcement officers from Dare, Currituck, Hertford, Northampton, Bertie/Martin and Halifax Counties successfully completed the NC Detention Officers’ Certification Course at Halifax Community College recently to receive certification to work in police departments or sheriff’s departments anywhere within the state.

All of the participants took a state-administered comprehensive exam at the completion of the course work, and the HCC school participants scored 100 percent on the state exam.

The course consisted of 168 hours of training. One segment involved a week of intensive training in defensive tactics which took the officers "to the mats" with special team trainers, Melvin Smith and Anthony Boyd.