Photograph becomes “Photo of the Week” in top national publication
By W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Sheriff Leon Lott (on the far right wearing a pink shirt with sheriff’s stars on his collar) was photographed with a group of Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) senior leaders, investigators, and administrative personnel in front of RCSD headquarters in northeast Columbia, South Carolina, Wednesday, Oct. 29. The photograph in which everyone was wearing differing shades and vestures of the color pink, was quickly published as PHOTO OF THE WEEK in POLICE1, the nation’s leading law enforcement publication.
The photograph shows approximately 45 RCSD employees, or five percent of the approximate total 900 RCSD employees located within the primary headquarters building and multiple substations and regional-headquarters locations countywide.
“We support our communities in so many different ways, and our demonstration of that support is evident by the way in which we publicly wear the colors for a life and death cause such as this,” said Deputy Chief Maria Yturria (pictured far right in uniform but wearing a pink tie). “October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and so it is in a demonstrable way for us in the department every year.”
Described by POLICE1 as “pink with purpose,” the photograph was taken by Joye King in RCSD’s public information office. See also POLICE1– https://www.police1.com/community-relations/photo.
The K-9 positioned in front is K-9 Oakley, RCSD’s electronics detection K-9.
– For more information about the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, please visit https://www.rcsd.net/.
