Welcome to the A-B Tech Law Enforcement Training page.
Listed below are upcoming Law Enforcement Training classes that will be offered through A-B Tech. If you have any questions or if there is a training program you would like to see offered in the future, please let us know.
Course registration is restricted to sworn law enforcement officers. Federal law enforcement and company police officers are not fee-exempt.
A-B Tech Law Enforcement Training Staff
R. Daryl Fisher, MPA, FBI NA231
Director, Law Enforcement Training
- Email: robertdfisher@abtech.edu
- Phone: (828) 782-2841
- Physical Address: 24 Canoe Lane in Asheville, NC 28804
Cecily Anderson
Administrative Assistant
- Phone: (828) 782-2622
- Email: cecilycanderson@abtech.edu
- Physical Address: 24 Canoe Lane in Asheville, NC 28804
To complete or print out the registration form, go to the Law Enforcement Training Continuing Education Data Form.
Please email completed registration forms to robertdfisher@abtech.edu
Classes Offered for 2026
- April 20 - 24, 2026 (40-hour initial course)
- December 7 - 11, 2026 (40-hour initial course)
Please print off this registration form, complete it, and e-mail it back to Daryl Fisher at robertdfisher@abtech.edu or Cecily Anderson at Cecilycanderson@abtech.edu.
- Intoxylizer Recertification (one-day classes):
- January 6 - 9, 2026
- March 16 - 20, 2026
- Intoxylizer Operator Certification (one-week class):
- March 9 - 13, 2026
- May 11 - 15, 2026
Registration for this course must be completed through the NC Justice Academy Training Portal. More information can be found at Forensic Tests for Alcohol: Law Enforcement Training.
LT Mike Murphy with the Buncombe Co. Sheriff’s Office Office will be the Lead Instructor for this course.
Participants have three weeks to complete all 26 credits and must complete all blocks of instruction in order to receive successful completion.
2026
- 03/16/2026 – 04/06/2026
- 03/26/2026 – 04/16/2026
- 04/03/2026 – 04/24/2026
- 04/08/2026 – 04/29/2026
- 04/16/2025 – 05/07/2026
- 04/25/2026 – 05/16/2026
- 05/02/2026 – 05/23/2026
- 05/17/2026 – 06/07/2026
- 05/30/2026 – 06/20/2026
- 06/19/2026 – 07/10/2026
- 08/05/2026 – 08/26/2026
- 09/01/2026 – 09/22/2026
- 10/06/2026 – 10/27/2026
- 10/25/2025 – 11/15/2025
- 11/28/2026 – 12/19/2026
- 12/10/2026 – 12/31/2026
Please Note: CJ Standards no longer allows for the Firearms Classroom block to be offered online.
Please print off this registration form, complete it, and e-mail it back to Lt Mike Murphy at michael.murphy@buncombecounty.org.
January 2026
- Basic Lidar Operator - January 13, 2026
- Radar Recert - January 14, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - January 15, 2026
- State Testing - January 16, 2026
February 2026
- Basic Radar Operator - February 23 - 25, 2026
- Radar Recert - February 26, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - February 26, 2026
- State Testing - February 27, 2026
March 2026
- Radar Recert - March 23, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - March 24, 2026
* Written examination for both on 04/02/2026 at Western Piedmont Community College
May 2025
- Basic Radar Operator - May 25 - 27, 2026
- Radar Recert May 28, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert May 28, 2026
- State Testing May 29, 2026
June 2026
- Basic Lidar Operator - June 22, 2026
- Radar Recert - June 23, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - June 24, 2026
- State Testing - June 25, 2026
September 2026
- Basic Radar Operator - September 21 - 23, 2026
- Radar Recert - September 24, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - September 24, 2026
- State Testing - September 25, 2026
November 2026
- Basic Radar Operator - November 16 - 18, 2026
- Radar Recert - November 19, 2026
- Radar & Lidar Recert - November 20, 2026
- State Testing - November 23, 2026
All basic and recertification testing will occur at A-B Tech Woodfin the same week as training.
A copy of the operator’s current, valid operator certificate must accompany registration forms for recertification classes.
A current, valid Radar operator certificate must accompany any registration forms for Lidar Operator school.
Please print off this registration form, complete it, and e-mail it back to Jeff Augram at charlesjaugram@abtech.edu so we can get an accurate count of attendees.
The following courses are being developed and training dates will be posted once confirmed. Some classes may only be offered on an as-needed basis.
- ARIDE
- Detention Officer Certification (DOCC)
- General Instructor Training
- Social Media Investigations
- Taser Certification
- Telecommunicator Certification
Course registration is restricted to sworn law enforcement officers. Federal law enforcement and company police officers are not fee-exempt.
