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| Name | Irene [2] | |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | Sumter police detective named Officer of the Year Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 6:00 am | Updated: 12:18 am, Wed Feb 3, 2010. By GINA VASSELLI gvasselli@theitem.com Irene Culick didn't grow up wanting to be a detective, but the calling found her. The Sumter native was working for the Sumter County Health Department in 1998 when Sumter Police Chief Harold Johnson talked to her about filling an open position with his agency. She took the job and was hooked. Now a senior detective for the Sumter Police Department's Violent Crime Unit, Culick received the honor Monday as American Legion Post 15's Police Office of the Year for 2009. Les Griffin, a retired Sumter Police chief and legionnaire, presented Culick with her award and said that she combines her investigative skills with her ability to be "a compassionate and caring advocate for the victims of these crimes." Culick works cases that involve injury to a person and was a detective for a case that gained national attention - the shooting death of 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw on Halloween night 2008. But dealing with situations that most people don't even want to talk about is just part of her job. "I like working with the victims and helping people," she said. "The victims, they know when you work hard for them." Culick started off in the evidence room in 1998 and presented evidence in court. She and her husband, Larry Culick, soon took classes so they could become state constables to help law enforcement across the state when needed. Once she became a constable, around the beginning of 1999, she started riding with the officers in her off-time. In August 2000 she was hired as an officer with the department. After finishing at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 2002, she was assigned to the Investigative Services Division; about two years later she was promoted to the rank of senior detective. She said that overall she likes her job and is happy to do it, but when the cases she works hard to put together are not convincing to a jury she said "that's kind of devastating and it's hard." Griffin called Culick a well trained and devoted officer. "She is dedicated to solving the crimes assigned to her and passionate about justice for all," he said. "She is an inspiring role model and a strong, positive voice for law enforcement." Culick said she did not expect the award. She was told it was going to one of her supervisors and was going to stay home to take care of her ill daughter until her husband told her that she was getting it "I just found out about an hour and a half ahead of time," she said. "I didn't know I was chosen...it was a nice surprise." Posted in News, Local news on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 [3] | |
| HIST | Sumter police detective named Officer of the Year Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 6:00 am | Updated: 12:18 am, Wed Feb 3, 2010. By GINA VASSELLI gvasselli@theitem.com Irene Culick didn't grow up wanting to be a detective, but the calling found her. The Sumter native was working for the Sumter County Health Department in 1998 when Sumter Police Chief Harold Johnson talked to her about filling an open position with his agency. She took the job and was hooked. Now a senior detective for the Sumter Police Department's Violent Crime Unit, Culick received the honor Monday as American Legion Post 15's Police Office of the Year for 2009. Les Griffin, a retired Sumter Police chief and legionnaire, presented Culick with her award and said that she combines her investigative skills with her ability to be "a compassionate and caring advocate for the victims of these crimes." Culick works cases that involve injury to a person and was a detective for a case that gained national attention - the shooting death of 12-year-old T.J. Darrisaw on Halloween night 2008. But dealing with situations that most people don't even want to talk about is just part of her job. "I like working with the victims and helping people," she said. "The victims, they know when you work hard for them." Culick started off in the evidence room in 1998 and presented evidence in court. She and her husband, Larry Culick, soon took classes so they could become state constables to help law enforcement across the state when needed. Once she became a constable, around the beginning of 1999, she started riding with the officers in her off-time. In August 2000 she was hired as an officer with the department. After finishing at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in 2002, she was assigned to the Investigative Services Division; about two years later she was promoted to the rank of senior detective. She said that overall she likes her job and is happy to do it, but when the cases she works hard to put together are not convincing to a jury she said "that's kind of devastating and it's hard." Griffin called Culick a well trained and devoted officer. "She is dedicated to solving the crimes assigned to her and passionate about justice for all," he said. "She is an inspiring role model and a strong, positive voice for law enforcement." Culick said she did not expect the award. She was told it was going to one of her supervisors and was going to stay home to take care of her ill daughter until her husband told her that she was getting it "I just found out about an hour and a half ahead of time," she said. "I didn't know I was chosen...it was a nice surprise." Posted in News, Local news on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 | |
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| _UID | BD60B5667B584C0ABFBC45A6DBAE48A63E06 | |
| Person ID | I237319 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 16 Dec 2020 | |
| Family | Larry Leland “Lee” CULICK | |||||
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| Family ID | F160189 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||
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