Terry
Snead
Deputy / SRO
Calhoun County Sheriff's Office
2nd Vice President
2ndvicepresident@scdare.net
Deputy Terry Snead started his career in Law Enforcement 28 years ago and has been a D.A.R.E. Instructor for the last 6 years. As an active DASC Board Member, he has previously held the position of Sergeant of Arms and now holds the position of 2nd Vice President.
Pearl
Whitaker
Sr. Deputy
Richland County Sheriff's Office
Treasurer
treasurer@scdare.net
Sr. Deputy Pearl Whitaker retired from the US Army after serving for over 21 years. She has been in Law Enforcement for more than 20 years and has obtained three college degrees, one of those being a Bachelor Degree in Criminal Justice.
Jacqueline
Turner
Master Police Officer / SRO
City of Clinton Police Department
Sgt of Arms
sgtofarms@scdare.net
MPO Turner began her career in Law Enforcement with the Presbyterian College Police Department in 1998. Turner was promoted to Assistant Chief prior to leaving the department in 2011. She moved to the Laurens County Sheriffs office and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant over Court Services. MPO Turner joined the D.A.R.E. family in the summer of 2016 after completing DOT Class. Turner was then transferred to Lieutenant over Community Services and served as lead DARE instructor for the department. She then moved to the Laurens Police Department with the School Resource Officer Unit. She is currently serving as a SRO at Eastside Elementary School working for the Clinton Police Department. After serving as the Upstate Rep., MPO Turner was appointed to her current position as the DASC Sergeant of Arms in 2022.
MPO Turner is married and has two children.
MPO Turner is a graduate of Walhalla High School in Walhalla, SC.
Will
Gibson
Sr. Deputy / SRO
Richland County Sheriff's Office
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Senior Deputy Will Gibson began his career in Law Enforcement with the Batesburg-Leesville Police Department in 1998 and worked as a Patrolmen until 1999. Sr. Deputy Gibson then began working with the South Carolina Department of Corrections until 2001. During his tenure with the SCDC, Sr. Deputy Gibson worked as a Correctional Officer in the (SMU) lockup unit, Cell Movement Team Member, Rapid Response Team Member and Hostage Negotiator at Broad River Correctional Institution (SCDC Maximum Security State Prison). In 2001, Sr. Deputy Gibson joined the Richland County Sheriff’s Department where he was road deputy and a current school resource officer for approximately 19 years. He also has been a basketball and football coach for past 15 years at the middle and high school level. And is the current Varsity & JV defensive backs coach at Lugoff-Elgin High School in Lugoff, SC.
Sr. Deputy Gibson is married and has three (3) children. He and his family attend Mt. Zion Baptist Church and are active members in the Richland County Community.
Sr. Deputy Gibson is a graduate of Ridge Spring–Monetta High School in Monetta, SC and Charleston Southern University (Communication/Political Science) where he was preferred walk-on with the football team.
Meredith
Wise
Deputy / SRO
Orangeburg County Sheriff's Department
Bookkeeper
bookkeeper@scdare.net