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Grand Rapids detective works night shift with his son before retiring

Posted at 9:46 AM, Oct 07, 2015
and last updated 2015-10-07 09:51:04-04

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – They say being a police officer often runs in the family.  A Grand Rapids officer worked one of his last shifts with his son overnight.

Les Smith is retiring Thursday after 25 years with the Grand Rapids Police Department. Smith is a detective with the Major Case Team.

Last night, he worked the night shift with his son, Tyler, who is also a Grand Rapids officer.

The department tweeted out the picture of the two Wednesday morning after their shift.