CSI CHS: Team heading to state competition
Clinton High School students Hope Spangler, left, Deziree Thomspon and Dayton Hackworth competed in Crime scene investigation at a Skills USA competition in Harriman and came in second. They plan to go on to Chattanooga to compete at the next level in April. (photo:Ben Pounds )
Hope Spangler, Deziree Thomspon and Dayton Hackworth medaled at Tennessee College of Applied Technology Harriman.
Next, their state conference will be from April 13-16 in Chattanooga.
Their teacher, Jennifer Hutchins, is also a reserve officer for Clinton Police Department.
The competitors were from her criminal justice class.
The competitions, Hutchins said, involve securing a mock crime scene, collecting evidence and taking a multiple-choice written exam.
Hutchins said the biggest challenge in this type of competition is “just remembering all the things that you need to do when you get to the crime scene.”
“If you’re not using your skills, sometimes you use them or you forget,” she said.
“They’re all three very quiet, and kind of keep to themselves,” she said, adding it was notable “for them to get in front of a panel and show those skills.”
