Blake Cook

So I'm like, man, I'm going to, oh, we were driving down Bragg Boulevard and I saw this armored vehicle flying up the road, blue lights and sirens. It said Fayetteville Police Emergency Response Team. I was like, that's it, man. I'm going to be that. How do I get there? So I walked to the police station. I walked in the police station. Hey, I want to be a cop. How do I sign up?

So I'm like, man, I'm going to, oh, we were driving down Bragg Boulevard and I saw this armored vehicle flying up the road, blue lights and sirens. It said Fayetteville Police Emergency Response Team. I was like, that's it, man. I'm going to be that. How do I get there? So I walked to the police station. I walked in the police station. Hey, I want to be a cop. How do I sign up?

So I'm like, man, I'm going to, oh, we were driving down Bragg Boulevard and I saw this armored vehicle flying up the road, blue lights and sirens. It said Fayetteville Police Emergency Response Team. I was like, that's it, man. I'm going to be that. How do I get there? So I walked to the police station. I walked in the police station. Hey, I want to be a cop. How do I sign up?

Like, oh, you know, you got to go to the training center. So I started the process and did all the hiring process. And then, you know, May came and I heard nothing. May and June, crickets. I'm like, man, I didn't get this job. Because, you know, I had to tell them, you know, so in that time period when I fell out of college, You know, because I was honest with him about everything, right?

Like, oh, you know, you got to go to the training center. So I started the process and did all the hiring process. And then, you know, May came and I heard nothing. May and June, crickets. I'm like, man, I didn't get this job. Because, you know, I had to tell them, you know, so in that time period when I fell out of college, You know, because I was honest with him about everything, right?

Like, oh, you know, you got to go to the training center. So I started the process and did all the hiring process. And then, you know, May came and I heard nothing. May and June, crickets. I'm like, man, I didn't get this job. Because, you know, I had to tell them, you know, so in that time period when I fell out of college, You know, because I was honest with him about everything, right?

Smoked some weed. My stepdad had hernia surgery. And when he was healed, I stole the rest of his Percocets and sold them for money. So I had to be truthful on all this. They give you a lie detector test. I said, man, maybe they didn't really like that. You know, maybe that was, maybe I should have tried to lie. I don't know. Maybe they didn't like that.

Smoked some weed. My stepdad had hernia surgery. And when he was healed, I stole the rest of his Percocets and sold them for money. So I had to be truthful on all this. They give you a lie detector test. I said, man, maybe they didn't really like that. You know, maybe that was, maybe I should have tried to lie. I don't know. Maybe they didn't like that.

Smoked some weed. My stepdad had hernia surgery. And when he was healed, I stole the rest of his Percocets and sold them for money. So I had to be truthful on all this. They give you a lie detector test. I said, man, maybe they didn't really like that. You know, maybe that was, maybe I should have tried to lie. I don't know. Maybe they didn't like that.

Man, like June, end of June, they were like, hey, man, start BLEP next Monday. It's like a week away. Start what? BLEP, basic law enforcement training. You're hired with Fayetteville Police Department. You start BLEP next Monday. I was like, they were like, we're going to report. We'll send you an email with all the instructions. I was like, am I hired? They were like, yeah. I was like, oh, man.

Man, like June, end of June, they were like, hey, man, start BLEP next Monday. It's like a week away. Start what? BLEP, basic law enforcement training. You're hired with Fayetteville Police Department. You start BLEP next Monday. I was like, they were like, we're going to report. We'll send you an email with all the instructions. I was like, am I hired? They were like, yeah. I was like, oh, man.

Man, like June, end of June, they were like, hey, man, start BLEP next Monday. It's like a week away. Start what? BLEP, basic law enforcement training. You're hired with Fayetteville Police Department. You start BLEP next Monday. I was like, they were like, we're going to report. We'll send you an email with all the instructions. I was like, am I hired? They were like, yeah. I was like, oh, man.

All right, cool. Let's go be a cop, right? I have no idea what to expect, but let's go be a cop. So first day in B-let, you know, we go and we're meeting with all the other people. We had like a large class. We had like 18 to 20 of us. And we lost six in for testing purposes. But Fayetteville has their own basic law enforcement training. So everything is in-house.

All right, cool. Let's go be a cop, right? I have no idea what to expect, but let's go be a cop. So first day in B-let, you know, we go and we're meeting with all the other people. We had like a large class. We had like 18 to 20 of us. And we lost six in for testing purposes. But Fayetteville has their own basic law enforcement training. So everything is in-house.

All right, cool. Let's go be a cop, right? I have no idea what to expect, but let's go be a cop. So first day in B-let, you know, we go and we're meeting with all the other people. We had like a large class. We had like 18 to 20 of us. And we lost six in for testing purposes. But Fayetteville has their own basic law enforcement training. So everything is in-house.

You don't have to, a lot of places, you go to college, you go to BLET, and then you're sponsored by an agency that then picks you up afterwards. But Fayetteville's a really good department, because Fayetteville's a very dangerous city. So they have their own instructors, their own BLET on site at the training center. We have a whole training center.

You don't have to, a lot of places, you go to college, you go to BLET, and then you're sponsored by an agency that then picks you up afterwards. But Fayetteville's a really good department, because Fayetteville's a very dangerous city. So they have their own instructors, their own BLET on site at the training center. We have a whole training center.

You don't have to, a lot of places, you go to college, you go to BLET, and then you're sponsored by an agency that then picks you up afterwards. But Fayetteville's a really good department, because Fayetteville's a very dangerous city. So they have their own instructors, their own BLET on site at the training center. We have a whole training center.

And so I go to BLET, and we're sitting down, they're doing orientation. and then we do that, and then the next day, we report to the training center.

And so I go to BLET, and we're sitting down, they're doing orientation. and then we do that, and then the next day, we report to the training center.