Today, we remember Sumter County Rural Police Officer Arthur M. Bateman, Richland County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Sheriff Byron Keith Cannon, and Charleston County Police Department Detective Joel Michael Robertson.
On this date in 1913, Rural Police Officer Arthur Bateman succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day while seizing four gallons of liquor. Officer Bateman was survived by his wife and children.
On this date in 2005, Deputy Sheriff Byron Cannon was killed in an automobile crash on I-20 at approximately 4:15 pm. Deputy Cannon had served with the Richland County Sheriff’s Department for 18 months and had previously served with the South Carolina Department of Probation and Parole for one year. He is survived by his fiancée, brother, and his mother.
On this date in 1978, Detective Joel Robertson was killed when his department vehicle was struck head-on by another vehicle on Highway 17 in the Whitehall Terrace section of Mount Pleasant. Detective Robertson had served with the Charleston County Police Department for four years and was assigned to the Warrants Division. He had previously served with the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office for two years. He was survived by five siblings, stepfather, and grandmother.
