CARROLLTON — The University of West Georgia, in partnership with the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, recently graduated its first class of law enforcement cadets.
The 13 graduates of the first-of-its-kind police academy were honored during a ceremony at UWG’s Townsend Center of the Performing Arts.
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