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Contact: Julia Jarema
Date: October 31, 2007
Phone: 919-733-5027 x231 

 
NINE ALE AGENTS GRADUATE

RALEIGH – Nine new Alcohol Law Enforcement agents will graduate from the 24th ALE Basic School on Thursday, November 1, at 10 a.m. in the Hearing Room of the ABC Commission at 3322 Garner Road, Raleigh.

"These nine new agents have undergone extensive training that now includes lottery enforcement in addition to the state's alcohol, drug and tobacco laws,” said Bryan E. Beatty, secretary of the N.C. Dept. of Crime Control and Public Safety. "Their vigorous enforcement of these important laws means safer communities for all North Carolinians.”

During their 13 weeks of training, the graduates completed more than 550 hours of specialized training in areas such as ABC laws, drug laws, interview and interrogation, officer survival, and firearms training.
Two agents will be assigned to Raleigh; two to Fayetteville; and one each to Wilmington, New Bern, Charlotte, Greensboro and Hickory.

The new agents will be assigned to a field training agent for the next twelve weeks for more on the job training. The nine graduates, their hometown and duty assignments are as follows:

Rebecca Lynn Best
Goldsboro, N.C
District II-New Bern N.C.

Thomas Courtney Bissette
Fayetteville, N.C
District III-Wilmington, N.C

Michael Everett Bradshaw
Morganton, N.C.
District VII-Hickory, N.C.

Derwin Brayboy
Pembroke, N.C.
District V-Fayetteville, N.C.

Logan Elliott Shoaf
Salisbury, N.C.
District VIII-Charlotte, N.C

Jeremy Kirk Whittenton
Dunn, N.C.
District V-Fayetteville, N.C.

Mary Ziglar Williams
Madison, N.C.
District VI-Greensboro, N.C.

Lauren Dee Wilson
Emerald Isle, N.C.
District IV-Raleigh, N.C.

Aaron Elijah Woodlief
Oxford, N.C.
District IV-Raleigh, N.C.

The state has 117 sworn agents who enforce the state's alcohol, tobacco, controlled substances and lottery laws. Agents monitor the sale, consumption, distribution, and transportation of alcoholic beverages, giving special attention to the possession and use of alcohol by minors.

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