Award is the namesake of 2021 National Sheriff of the Year Leon Lott
The S.C. Black Belt Hall of Fame (SCBBHOF) presented Tarrant County (Texas) Sheriff Bill E. Waybourn with the prestigious LEON LOTT – FIRST THROUGH THE DOOR AWARD during an awards dinner held in Arlington, Texas, Friday evening March 6, 2026.
The award, named after Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott, is part of the SCBBHOF awards program, which for this particular honor was conceived last year by SCBBHOF boardmembers to honor military and law-enforcement leaders as well as other first responders who have demonstrated proven exceptional “leading-from-the-front” courage either in a singularly notable action or exhibited over the course of a career…