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Faces of CTE: Liam Smith
Liam Smith
Liam is a Senior at Deerfield High School, enrolled in the Law Enforcement & CSI program at Tech Campus. Mr. Smith has known since 2nd grade that he wanted to be a police officer and is grateful to explore policing every day at Tech.
“This class has given me a ton of experience,” Liam said. “And after going through it I realized that this is something I plan to pursue in the future."
After graduation this spring, Liam has plans to enlist in the military to become a military police officer, before ultimately becoming a police officer after his service. Liam will enter the military extremely familiar with the policing profession, not only from the Tech program but also from the Lincolnshire Police Explorers program.
“I’ve learned how to handcuff, and we’re starting crime scene investigation now, so I am getting a ton of experience from that.”
Liam’s instructor, Stu Mendelsohn, is a former Libertyville police officer, and Liam said his knowledge of the profession has been invaluable.
“He challenges us every day to learn,” Liam said. “The other day, we were doing domestic violence scenarios, and he challenged us to use police codes instead of plain language. Having a former police officer in the classroom is great because we get to hear his stories about what he experienced and learn from the mistakes that he made so we don’t make the same ones later on.”