COUNTY SHERIFF LIEUTENANT HONORED FOR SERVICE

By Jon Mayhew

Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daugherty presents Lt. Larry Stanley with a certificate from the North Carolina Sheriff's Education and Training Standards Commission. Photo Contributed.

LINCOLNTON -- A Lincoln County Sheriff's Department lieutenant was awarded Monday for more than 30 years of service to the department. Lt. Larry Stanley was awarded a certificate from the North Carolina Sheriff's Education and Training Standards Commission.

Sheriff Tim Daugherty presented Stanley with the award during the Monday morning staff meeting at the office. Stanley began his career with the LCSO in April 1979.

The North Carolina Sheriff’s Education and Training Standards Commission was established in September of 1983 with a purpose to upgrade the capabilities, competence and proficiency of sheriff’s departmental personnel through programs, standards, and procedures involving employment, improvement, career development and retention of the sheriff’s office personnel.

The purpose of the Advanced law enforcement Certificate is to recognize the level of competence of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs serving in North Carolina to foster increased interest in college education and professional law enforcement training and to attract highly qualified individuals into a law enforcement career.

The certificate is the highest professional certificate awarded to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in North Carolina. To qualify for the Advanced Professional law Enforcement Certificate officers must complete a combination of professional training and relevant education and meet minimum experience requirements.