Law Enforcement Students Practice Defense Tactics
Law Enforcement participated in its yearly DT, or Defensive Tactics week. This is a highly anticipated week where students are all taught how to survive confrontations on the street as police officers. Select instructors from various police departments visit us at Dojo Dynamics in Sandwich and train on fundamentals that will keep . . . read more
Special Response Team Visits Law Enforcement
The Kendall County Sheriff SRT (Special Response Team) visited the Law Enforcement program recently. The team leader, Sgt. Moran, spoke about the formation, necessity and the qualifications to be on the team. He then passed around several . . . read more
Secret Service Agent Presents to Law Enforcement Class
How does the Secret Service protect the President so well? This question was answered by an agent from the United States Secret Service. She actually not only explained the duties and requirements of the Secret Service to the Law . . . read more
Law Enforcement Has Two New Technology Toys to Play With
Students this year will be taking their quizzes and tests on the Turning Point Audience Response Systems, commonly referred to as ‘clickers.’ The students watch a PowerPoint presentation and answer using a handheld device that . . . read more
Law Enforcement, Drafting Students Collaborate to Design Police Station
For the last three weeks, the Law Enforcement and Drafting & Design classes have been working jointly to create and design a law enforcement community. The project was to build a police station on 60 acres of land behind IVVC. The . . . read more
Are High School Students on Drugs?
Well, actually no they are not. There is a public school in Sandwich which makes a drug test part of their requirements. This year, Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC) has a program that mandates that students pass a drug test . . . read more
IVVC Trains with DeKalb County SWAT Team
IVVC second year Law Enforcement students spent about four hours training with the special response team from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department. The students were very excited to showcase not only our collection of airsoft guns, but . . . read more
IVVC Opens Their Training Facility to SWAT
This will be a day soon not forgotten by 12 second year law enforcement students at the Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC). They trained with the Kendall County Sheriff’s SRT (Special Response Team) in force-on-force scenarios for . . . read more
Law Enforcement Students "Run" for Sheriff
Students didn't actually run for "official" office, but they did plan a platform, make posters, design a slogan and give a speech in front of their constituents recently. For the past three weeks, the Indian Valley Vocational Center . . . read more
Law Enforcement Students Train with SWAT Team
September 16 was a day that some second year Law Enforcement students won’t be forgetting for a long time. The students had a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity to train with one of the best SWAT teams in the area. The training was . . . read more
Law Enforcement Enrollment Leads to Classroom Expansion
Law Enforcement is off to a great start this year. With a registered 66 students, it has the largest enrollment ever in its 14 years of the 35 years of IVVC being opened. To accommodate this, the Law Enforcement program has moved to a much . . . read more
