Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff Leon Lott has long-been recognized as one of the most creatively innovative, bridge-building law enforcement leaders in the nation, even internationally. And it is not necessarily the easiest “title” – for him or any other law enforcement leader – to obtain, particularly in the increasingly polarized, racially and politically charged realm of police officers operating-in and relating-to the diverse communities they serve.
But for Lott, it has been a series of challenges and sub-challenges that both appeal to him (for reasons I’ll explain momentarily) and one which he has embraced with great surety and a comfortable, natural deftness.
