W. Thomas Smith Jr.

W. Thomas Smith Jr., a special deputy with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department in Richland County, South Carolina, is a formerly deployed U.S. Marine infantry leader, a war correspondent, and a former SWAT team officer in the nuclear industry. He is a S.C. Military Hall of Fame inductee: Class of 2025.

LATEST ARTICLES

Active Shooter

LEOs conduct large-scale, active-shooter response exercise in S.C.

Training not only prepares deputies and other responding officers, but enhances the public’s confidence in LE ability to protect them from any and all threats

July 18, 2018 10:20 AM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Community Relations

A hidden crisis: LE team delivers elder-abuse awareness

Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s Elder Abuse Awareness Team aims to educate the public about the epidemic of elderly abuse in America

June 15, 2018 08:10 AM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Police Training

How a SC sheriff’s department is combatting police PTSD on the front-end

The program is designed to prevent or lessen the effects of PTSD before it surfaces, and help identify the disorder even if it is hiding or lying dormant

January 22, 2018 01:54 PM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Original Videos

Lights, camera, action! How LIVE PD broadcasts real-time police activity

Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department is set to begin season two of LIVE PD, which has propelled officers to virtual celebrity status

October 03, 2017 12:00 PM

W. Thomas Smith Jr.