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Central Carolina Community College's Basic Law Enforcement Training day program graduated seven cadets during a ceremony May 13 at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center. Pictured (from left) are graduates Jacob Davis, of Lillington, who received the Most Improved Physical Fitness Award; Benjamin Warren, of Pittsboro, who received the Highest Grade Point Average Award; Nicholas Kehagias, of Sanford, who received the Fastest Police Officer Physical Abilities Test (POPAT) and Highest State Exam Average awards; BLET Director Robert Powell; Joseph Myatt, of Spring Lake; Jeremy Timmons, of Pittsboro, who received the Jimmy Collins Memorial Top Gun and Highest Grade Point Average awards; and David Green and Ellmar Benitez, both of Sanford. The cadets completed 624 hours of law enforcement training, passed all 35 blocks of instruction, passed a rigorous 12-week physical training program, and passed a four-hour written comprehensive state examination administered by the state Criminal Justice Training and Standards Division. All graduates are qualified to be certified law enforcement officers in North Carolina. For more information about the college's BLET program, visit www.cccc.edu/blet or contact Robert Powell at rpowell@cccc.edu or 919-777-7774.