This guy should have been gone a long time ago. He was a dirty cop. He was once a detective and was demoted. Now it's come back to put a ANOTHER black eye on the Shallotte PD and Brunswick County. Eric, don't worry bro, when ex-detective Tommy Cole gets out of jail for indecent liberties with a minor, you guys can sit next to each other at the bar and cry in your beer. Come on Eric, don't have such a stiff upper lip. Look at the bright side, construction workers get paid more than cops.