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Woodstock Police officer’s instincts save children, earn policing honor

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Woodstock Police Department Officer Lucas Schmidt stands outside Woodstock North High School, where he is SRO – school resource officer, a job that seems a good fit for him. “I have a lot of family who are teachers,” said Schmidt, who has been with WPD for four years. (Independent photo by Tricia Carzoli)

For the children in one local family, Woodstock Police Department Officer Lucas Schmidt might have saved their lives. Schmidt’s instincts that rescued those children earned him the McHenry County Chiefs […]

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