Lott says his Richland County Sheriff’s Department has changed the public narrative through new and emerging technologies as well as RCSD’s “peace officer” branding
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott addressed members of the Spring Valley Rotary Club at Columbia’s Northeast Presbyterian Church, Thursday, Oct. 9: The primary focuses of his remarks being how the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSC) has changed the narrative from his deputies being “enforcers of the law” to “peace officers,” the increasing dangers faced, and the advent of new policing technologies.
Accompanied by several RCSD deputy sheriffs and introduced by his longtime friend retired Judge Phil Newsome, Lott shared with the audience (and narrated) video footage of a recent high-speed pursuit turned shootout in which RCSD deputies were fired upon by a 23-year-old felon armed with a stolen semiautomatic pistol (with an extended magazine). The suspect Renardo Tyson fired multiple times at four deputies who immediately returned fire, wounding and ultimately arresting Tyson…