Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. recognized for service during 2015 flood event
October 5, 2016
Sheriff Lott and the RCSD honored on the first anniversary of the disastrous flooding
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sheriff Leon Lott and the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) were recognized today for extraordinary service during the disastrous rain-and-flood event which swept across large portions of S.C., Oct. 2015.
The award, presented by COL Bill Connor, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer for S.C., recognized both Sheriff Lott and the RCSD for “always putting the citizens of Richland County and the Palmetto State first, and for demonstrating a willing commitment” to the county’s citizens during the flood event.
COL Connor, who serves as the state’s Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer – a post he also held during last year’s flood event – is an Orangeburg-based attorney, an Army Reserve combat infantry officer and former senior U.S. military advisor in Helmand Province Afghanistan.
Led by Sheriff Lott, the RCSD employs over 700 uniformed officers and 140 non-sworn personnel, making it one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the Palmetto State.
[For additional information, please contact LT Curtis Wilson, RCSD public information officer at 803-576-1429]
