Investigator Carleisha Gilliam knew she wanted to work in law enforcement at an early age.<\/p>\n
Gilliam told people, even at 3 or 4 years old, she wanted to be a law enforcement officer, and she stuck to that plan.<\/p>\n
Gilliam graduated from Lander University and went to graduate school at Columbia College. She then found her home at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.<\/p>\n
She started as a patrol deputy in 2019 and moved up to the major crimes unit in just two years. Gilliam said her co-workers immediately noticed her potential, which pushed her to work harder.<\/p>\n
“It feels good to have people that back you up, and you just met them,” Gilliam said. “It’s like they’re family now.”<\/p>\n
After moving up, Gilliam continued to experience that family environment, as her investigator team became her favorite part about the job.<\/p>\n
“We’re the special victims unit, so we deal with a lot of children who have been abused, sexually or physically,” Gilliam said. “That in itself is tough but to have the team that I have, I just really couldn’t ask for any other guys to work with…for us to just get each other through it and still do our job and maintain like a good mental state.”<\/p>\n
These experiences as an investigator have taught her many lessons, none more important than how she can push herself.<\/p>\n
“I learned that it’s OK to step outside,” Gilliam said. “It’s OK to get uncomfortable because in this job you have to be uncomfortable in order to grow.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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