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Eleven Hickory Police Officers and one Police Sergeant were formally sworn-in last week in front of their fellow officers and families at the Hickory Police Dep

The sheriff's office said its program is just one of four of its kind across all 100 North Carolina counties.

Sports instead of using cold calls and talking to coaches in cities like los angeles, boston, the recruiters werent reaching young people. this video is the brain child of arlando sutton and jason lock. they wanted to explain how the army changed their lives. >> i think weve used uncle sam for 104 years. i want you! so i think that type of deal has played out. yeah, going to baseball games that is good. we still do that. we still do the old school type of way. were still trying to regain tractio...

For 104 years. i want you. so i think that type of deal has played out. yes, going to baseball games, that is good. we still do that. we still do the old school way, but were just trying to regain traction. we have social media, we have instagram, facebook. we were trying to think how can we use all of that information to pass out the armys message. telling a little bit of our story. saying, hey, if you give everything you got, the army will change your life. >> reporter: sergeant suttons first ...

"giving all i got." they asked the army to lift restrictions on using social media platform. they started approaching gamers at conventions instead of using the old recruiting techniques involving cold calls and talking to sports coaches. in cities like los angeles, boston and chicago, the recruiters werent reaching young people. young people didnt know there are 150 different types of jobs in the army. you can be a dog handler, chef, mechanic, military police, not just snipers and paratroopers....