S.C. Sheriff’s Department demonstrates support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

W. Thomas Smith Jr.
Oct 29, 2025
2 min read

Updated: Nov 18, 2025

October 29, 2025

By: W. Thomas Smith Jr.

Sheriff Leon Lott and RCSD employees are pictured wearing pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Oct. 29, 2025.

Photograph of Richland County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina becomes PHOTO OF THE WEEK in top national law enforcement publication

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott (on the far right wearing a pink shirt with sheriff’s stars on his collar) was photographed with a group of his 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, one of the leading law enforcement publications in the nation.

Pictured are 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."

The K-9 positioned in front is K-9 Oakley, RCSD’s electronics detection K-9.

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POLICE1-

https://www.police1.com/community-relations/photo-of-the-week-pink-with-purpose?fbclid=

HEALTH DAILY OF SOUTH CAROLINA-

https://www.healthdailysouthcarolina.com/article/862925627-s-c-sheriff-s-department-demonstrates-support-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month

WJZY-TV FOX 46 (Charlotte, N.C.)-

https://www.qcnews.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/862925627/s-c-sheriffs-department-demonstrates-support-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/

WSPA-TV CBS NEWS 7-

https://www.wspa.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/862925627/s-c-sheriffs-department-demonstrates-support-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/

WBTW-TV CBS 13-

https://www.wbtw.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/862925627/s-c-sheriffs-department-demonstrates-support-for-breast-cancer-awareness-month/