Eddie Richardson, originally from Brockport, NY, is a retired disabled police officer who resides in Lexington, SC with his wife, Amanda, and their daughter, Jordan. They have two boys, Jonah and Caleb, who reside in Columbia and Charleston, SC. He began his service in law enforcement with the South Carolina Highway Patrol in 2006, earning […]

Sgt Charles Lowe has been in law enforcement for  21 years. After graduating college he returned to his community and it has been his honor to protect and serve there over these years. On July 14, 2015 while working a secondary job in the Central West End he was ambushed and shot while sitting in […]

The below article in its entirety was provided to us by request.  We thank Humanizing the Badge for this write-up. Lt. Stephen Williams – known as just “LT” to those of us at Humanizing the Badge, leaves a void in his absence that will long go unfilled.  Stephen was among the first to be included […]

Today we have a pseudo-celebrity, staring on Naked and Afraid on The Discovery Channel, and her longtime boyfriend, coming to us from the wilderness of Alaska. When we say the wilderness….we mean the WILDRENESS! From 20 miles south of the Artic Circle, we’d like to introduce Gwen Grime and Nate Harbour! Nathan Harbour retired from […]

Houtson Gass is today’s featured hero and boy does he have a story. Houston Gass began his Law enforcement career in 1999 with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as a Corrections Officer. He went to the Amarillo Police Academy in 2002 and graduated to begin his career on the streets. He spent time with […]

We’d like to congratulate André and Gwen of Steadfast Old World GSD, LLC, and Steadfast Service Dogs, a pending 501c3. Over the past few years, they have been (very very very) quietly providing service dogs to veterans, survivors of the Parkland school shooting, and injured law enforcement officers. (One of our friends is currently in […]

We at Code 3 Spices need to spotlight another person that flies under the radar while giving back to the community.   To start off Hero week, we start with Jennie Hill from Georgia. She considers herself to be an ordinary person, but for those of us in the know, she’s a powerhouse behind some […]