May 18, 2015
Police Body Cameras & Mental Health There are three weeks left in the 2015 legislative session, so the House worked on getting some Senate legislation through […]
May 15, 2015
Tommy discusses donating blood and body cameras Disclaimer: Shaking due to staff member previous arm workouts.
May 11, 2015
Legislation Passed in House, Stalled in Senate Ethics Reform: The house passed a package of 12 ethics reform bills in addition to an omnibus package that […]
Getting Political with Jonah Steppe (NHS)
Meet Tommy
His father was a sheriff, his mother was a school teacher and Tommy Pope was destined to continue their careers in public service. After graduating from Rock Hill High School, Tommy pursued a degree in Business Management at the University of South Carolina. As a freshman, Tommy began working at the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) as a “phone boy” — literally, the boy who answered the phones. Throughout his undergraduate years, in addition to his phone boy duties, Tommy ran the blood hounds, cut down marijuana fields and apprehended criminals. By the time he graduated from Carolina in 1984, he had “blue lights in his blood" and soon became a full time agent at SLED.