Date: October 15, 2003
Contact:
Patty McQuillan
Phone: (919) 733-5027 (ext.232)
| For Release: Immediate
Date: October 15, 2003 |
|
Contact:
Patty McQuillan
Phone: (919) 733-5027 (ext.232)
|
|
FOUR GRADUATE FROM ALCOHOL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING |
RALEIGH - Four graduates of the 19th Alcohol Law Enforcement Basic School took the oath of office Oct. 14 to become ALE agents in New Bern, Wilmington, Charlotte and Asheville.
The four new agents are Timmy R. Barfield of LaGrange, Dale A. Silance of Jacksonville, Christopher L. Kuttz of Concord and Steven D. Myers of Waynesville. In addition to their nine weeks of course training, the four graduates will spend 12 weeks in field training with a veteran ALE agent before starting work on their own.
ALE Director Mike Robertson gave the graduates their ALE badge and said close scrutiny is given during the selection process for trainees. “Of the 36 applicants, only four were selected. ALE has established high standards and a comprehensive training program, so these four graduates can take pride in this significant accomplishment.”
The ALE division has 104 sworn agents who have statewide jurisdiction in enforcing the alcohol, tobacco, controlled substance and gambling laws of the state. ALE agents enforce alcohol laws that deal with the sale, purchase, transportation, manufacture, consumption, and possession of alcoholic beverages. Agents also have the authority to investigate and make arrests for any criminal offense.
The four agents:
Agent Timothy Barfield has 14 years of law enforcement experience and was most recently with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office. Barfield will be assigned to District II in New Bern.
Agent Dale Silance has an associates degree in criminal justice and recently graduated from basic law enforcement training. He is assigned to District III in Wilmington.
Agent Christopher Kluttz has a bachelor of arts degree in physical education from Bethel College, Minnesota, and is a recent graduate of basic law enforcement training. He is assigned to District VIII in Charlotte.
Agent Steven Myers has an associate of applied science degree in criminal justice and has worked with the State Highway Patrol’s Motor Carrier Enforcement Section. He has more than eight years of law enforcement experience. Myers is assigned to District IX in Asheville.
Kluttz was given the Troy Douglas Carr Award for outstanding leadership and achievement during the ALE training. He scored an overall 96.26 grade-point average.
ALE training includes such topics as ALE policy and procedures, forms and reports, ABC laws, juvenile minority sensitivity, drug investigations, interview and interrogations, fraudulent ID investigation, community policing, CPR and first aid, illegal outlets, civil liability, gambling, terrorism, officer survival, firearms, physical fitness and search warrants. In all, the agents received more than 400 hours of training during the nine-week school.
In addition to the four graduates, ALE agent Alan Fields of Durham was sworn in as the new assistant supervisor for ALE in the Greensboro office. Fields has been an ALE Agent for the past 16 years.
###
 |
 |
 |