BEDFORD CO., Va. – Bedford County is creating a direct path for high school grads to launch a law enforcement career, and they can start right away.
“For me, I always wanted to get into law enforcement, but I never had a clear path of how I was going to get there,” Andrew Spradlin said.
That changed for Spradlin when his JROTC instructor told him about the Headset to Badge program. It lets 18-year-olds start as dispatchers, gaining hands-on experience and a direct path into law enforcement…