South Carolina Sheriffs' Association

🥎SAVE THE DATE!! RCSD vs LCSD softball game JUNE 1 at 5:30PM!🥎

It’s USO night at Blowfish stadium and deputies from RCSD and LCSD will play a friendly match of softball before the game!

As we continue National Police Week we invite you to join us tomorrow. Tuesday, May 14th by wearing blue for “ BACK THE BLUE “ Day ! Be sure to tag us in your post ! As always we thank you for your prayers and support ! 🖤💙🖤🖤

National Police Week is an annual event honoring the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers across the United States.

Peace Officers Memorial Day is May 15 in honor of federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty.💙🖤

Please join us in honoring Deputy Luke Humanik.

Medal of Valor Recipient

Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Thomas Luke Humanik is the recipient of a Medal of Valor recently awarded by the South Carolina Sheriffs’ Association.
The award was presented last Thursday night, January 25, 2024, at the Sheriffs’ Association winter conference in Columbia. The Medal of Valor is bestowed upon an officer who demonstrates exceptional courage in the line of duty.

Deputy Humanik was recognized for his actions during a shooting call which he soon learned involved an armed man who was threatening su***de. Deputy Humanik was the first deputy to arrive at the home. The young man and his family were experiencing financial difficulties, and the man had been drinking. Before deputies arrived, the man fired a shot from a handgun inside the home which did not injure anyone. As Deputy Humanik arrived on scene, the man stepped onto the front steps with the pistol pointed at his head. Other deputies arrived. The man walked out into the street and at one point sat down in the street with the pistol to his head. During the incident, the man fired the pistol into the air twice. The danger was multiplied when the man’s girlfriend ran out of the house and into the street with him. Deputies were able to get her out of harm’s way. Over the next ten to 12 minutes, Deputy Humanik continuously talked with the man in a calm, compassionate, and reassuring voice to let him know people cared about him and help was available for him. Through the rapport Deputy Humanik established with the man, he was able to convince him to lay down the pistol and walk away from it. The man was detained for his safety without incident or injury to anyone.

Sheriff Barry Faile nominated Deputy Humanik for the award. “After reviewing this incident, it was obvious that Luke recognized the gravity of the situation, yet he maintained his composure and relied upon his training as a deputy and a military police officer to bring this matter to a peaceful end with no injuries to anyone,” said Sheriff Faile. “Deputy Humanik was concerned about and took appropriate actions to ensure the safety of the man, his girlfriend, his fellow deputies, and citizens in the area. He embodies what it means to be a true public servant, and through his bravery he clearly put himself last in order to save this young man’s life.”

Attached are photographs from the presentation of Deputy Humanik, center, Patrol Captain Eric Jaillette, left, and Sheriff Faile.

Anyone with information about any case should call the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office at 803-283-3388 and select Option 4 or submit a tip in one of the following ways: use the link www.p3tips.com/983 or download the P3Tips mobile app available for both Apple and Android devices. Crime tips may be made anonymously.

Thank you WACH FOX 57 in Columbia, SC for the coverage of our SCSA Medal of Valor Banquet held Thursday, January 25th, 2024.

This award is given to any Deputy Sheriff who performs actions above and beyond the call of duty; and exhibits exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness, and presence of mind; or an unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her personal safety, to save or protect human life.

Congratulations and thank you to all the Medal of Valor award recipients.

22 officers receive "Medal of Valor" distinction | WACH Sheriff's departments from all across the Palmetto state in one room on Thursday night taking a moment to recognize the sacrifice of the bravest among us.