HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) – A fast-track training program in the mountains aims to get more officers out on patrol. The program comes amid a growing trooper shortage in North Carolina, with 230 trooper vacancies across the state right now, including two in Haywood County and one in Jackson County. The Fast Track Basic School for Western North Carolina applicants will take place in Black Mountain in mid-August.
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