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Major Wesley Luther has been in Law
Enforcement since 1972. He began his career with the SC Highway Patrol as a
rookie Trooper and worked his way through the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant,
Lieutenant, Captain, and was promoted to Colonel of the Patrol in February
1998. Major Luther joined the RCSD in July 2001. Major Luther has
instructed at the SC Criminal Justice Academy in Pursuit Driving, First
Aid, CPR, Public Speaking, Officer/Violator Conduct, Firearms, Traffic
Law, Felony Car Stops, and Operational Procedures. While with the Patrol
he was a member of the Civil Disturbance Team, SWAT Team, Background
Investigations, and District Victim Assistance Coordinator. He has
attended courses by the FBI in Instructor Development, Supervision, and
Law Enforcement Training as well as Selective Traffic Enforcement and
Police Enforcement and Police Executive Development at the University of
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Lt.
Ricky Ezzell started at the RCSD in 1986
and worked as a road deputy for seven years. During this time he became a
Field Training Officer and was a member of the SRT (SWAT) for five years. The
next four years he worked on the Suppression Team (Drugs and Prostitution).
In 1997 he was transferred into the Training Division. Lt. Ezzell is a
Certified instructor in the following areas: Firearms, Firearms Training
System (F.A.T.S.), Blunt Munitions, M-16 Sub Gun, Close Quarter Combat,
and Simunition Instructor, Drivers Training, (ppct) Defensive Tactics
Instructor Trainer, Ground Defense, Edged Weapons, Weapon Retention/Disarming,
OC Spray, Less Lethal, M26 Taser, Civil Disturbance, Chemicals of Mass
Destruction, Use of Force, Field Training Officers Management Program,
National Defensive Driving (DDC), Chemical Agents, Tire Deflation Devices
(Stop Sticks). Lt. Ezzell is also a certified Smith and Wesson and Glock
Armorer, Radar Certified, DataMaster Certified, and ASP Baton Certified. |
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Lt. Ronn Thompson's Law Enforcement
career began in 1971 with the Lumberton, NC Police Department and includes
two years with the Robeson County Sheriff's Department. Ronn served with
the Myrtle Beach Police Department for 20 years holding positions as SWAT
Commander and Police Training Officer. Ronn holds certifications in
Driving, Firearms, Radar and PR-24 and is D.A.R.E. certified. Ron is a
graduate of the National FBI Academy and has dual Master's degrees in
Management and Human Resources from Webster University. Lt. Thompson was
recently promoted and is now over the Reserve Officer Training Program as
well as his Training Coordinator duties. |
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Sgt. Miles Weaver
served in the USMC from 1965-69, in the USMCR
from 1974-2006, and retired with the rank of CWO-4. He graduated from the
USC School of Law in 1986 and practiced law fulltime in private practice
until going to work for RCSD in August 2001. He served as a State
Constable from 1992-2001. Sgt Weaver worked in this department as a road
deputy, Master Deputy, and Field Training Officer, served on the Board of
Crime Stoppers of the Midlands for three years, was awarded Deputy of the
Quarter for Region 1 and Deputy of the year for the Department, and
received NAPO Top Cop award in 2003. He is a Certified Datamaster
operator, and has completed courses as Specific Skills Instructor,
Advanced DUI Detection, Field Training Officer Management/Supervision,
Courtroom Testimony, Gang Class, and Major Incident Communications. |
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Sgt. Rachel Flowers began her public safety career after attending Anderson College in 1995 as a firefighter with Lexington County. In 1996 she began her law enforcement career with Cayce Public Safety. In 1998, she joined the Lexington Police Department where she was a Shift Sergeant. She also supervised the Bike Patrol. In 1999, she became an instructor. Two years later, she started with Richland County Sheriff's Department. Cpl. Flowers is a certified instructor in several areas including: Firearms, Driving, OC Spray, Ground Defense, Select Fire Weapons, Taser, Heartsaver AED/CPR, Blunt Munitions, Firearms Training System (F.A.T.S.), as well as a Glock Armorer. Cpl. Flowers also teaches personal safety and self-defense classes to private citizens in Richland County. She has been through the SC Criminal Justice Academy's Field Training Officer program as well as the FTO Management programs. She has been instrumental in implementing the RCSD's current FTO program. |
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David Black
has served in law enforcement for 32 years; for 18 as an
instructor at the SC Criminal Justice Academy and presently for the RCSD
Training Division. This has enabled him to share his accumulated knowledge
and expertise with both new and experienced officers. |
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Bill Brown began his Law
Enforcement career as a cadet for the Columbia Police Department in 1976.
Bill served as a police officer for the City of Columbia from 1979 until
1982. In 1982, Bill came to the Richland County Sheriff's Department where
he served until his retirement in 2003. Many of those years were spent as
Major over the Criminal Investigations Division. Bill holds certifications
in Driving, Firearms, Defensive Tactics, OC Spray, and is a graduate of
the National FBI Academy. Bill now serves proudly as a part-time
instructor with the RCSD Training Division. |
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Leon Cureton holds a BA from Allen University, Columbia, SC and has been in Law Enforcement since 1975. He was with the Lancaster Police Department from 1975 until 1978 working from dispatcher to line officer and a lead detective. From 1978 until 2001, Leon worked at the SC Criminal Justice Academy providing instruction in Driver Training, Firearms Training, Practical (Police) Application Scenarios, Police-Community Relations, Tactical Communication, Kingian Nonviolence, Police Stress Seminars, Ethnic Awareness, and Leadership Management. After retiring from the SCCJA, he joined the RCSD as the Range Master and instructing in Firearms, Driving, and Practical Application Scenarios. |
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Lewis Marshall has been in
Law Enforcement since 1968. During his service in Law Enforcement, he has
been certified as an instructor in Defensive Driving, Forensic Hypnosis,
Kingian Nonviolence and Police Canine Trainer. Lewis also teaches the
public about drug abuse in kids today, use of Hypnosis in Law Enforcement
and how to recognize the occult. |
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Bill McKinzie
is a graduate of
The Citadel (BA) and the University of South Carolina (MCJ). His law
enforcement career began in 1966. He is a retired Lt. Col. in the USAF
Reserve, Counterintelligence and Special Investigations. He has worked for
the State and three Sheriffs as a Deputy, Investigator, Chief Investigator,
Assistant Division Director, Captain, and Criminal Justice Instructor. After
18 years he retired from the SC Criminal Justice Academy as Chief of the
Behavioral Sciences Unit. He now coordinates the RCSD Leadership Development
Program. |
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Terri Williams began her policing career in 1981 with Columbia Police Department as the Chief’s Administrative Aide. She became a Deputy with Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office in 1988, and in 1993 became a Physical Training and Defensive Tactics Instructor at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. After retiring from State Government in 2006, she joined Richland County Sheriff’s Department’s Training Division, where she is currently serving as a Deputy on a part-time basis. Deputy Williams holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and a Master of Criminal Justice, both from the University of South Carolina. |
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