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Previously, recruits trained at various sites across North Carolina.

The University of North Carolina System has launched its first Basic Law Enforcement Training Academy for police cadets at every campus, education officials said Friday.

The new training academy allows cadets a shared foundation for the public safety needs of college campuses.