Legendary SC lawman Pete Logan, sympathy

2025-2026 Bill 4922: Legendary SC lawman Pete Logan, sympathy - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 4922
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Concurrent Resolution
Sponsors: Reps. Pope, Gilliam, Hiott, Moss, Wooten, Hixon and Bailey
Document Path: LC-0240HA-RM26.docx
Introduced in the House on January 14, 2026
Introduced in the Senate on January 15, 2026
Adopted by the General Assembly on January 15, 2026
Summary: Legendary SC lawman Pete Logan, sympathy
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

1/14/2026

House

Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate (
House Journal-page 89
)

1/15/2026

Senate

Introduced, adopted, returned with concurrence (
Senate Journal-page 10
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
01/14/2026

A concurrent RESOLUTION

TO EXPRESS THE
PROFOUND SORROW OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY UPON THE
PASSING OF LIEUTENANT LANSING P. "PETE" LOGAN OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW
ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, TO CELEBRATE HIS LIFE, AND TO EXTEND THE DEEPEST SYMPATHY
TO HIS FAMILY AND MANY FRIENDS.

W
hereas, the South
Carolina General Assembly was deeply saddened by the passing of Lieutenant
Lansing P. "Pete" Logan of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division on
December 17, 2025, at the age of ninety. Truly, the great State of South
Carolina has lost a legend in this man who completed his career with more than
sixty years of distinguished public service in law enforcement; and

W
hereas, in 1989,
having already concluded a highly esteemed career of public service with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Lieutenant Logan took up his duties with
the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and faithfully served the
agency until his retirement in 2022; and

W
hereas, Pete Logan
began his life's work by serving all of us in the United States Army. While
with the FBI, he worked the Selma bombings and the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy. While serving with SLED in South Carolina, he was the one who
persuaded Susan Smith to confess to drowning her two sons. He also was known
for his mentorship of innumerable law enforcement agents and prosecutors, both
personally and in the handling of complex criminal investigations and
prosecutions; and

W
hereas, further, he
was instrumental in the development of the South Carolina State Grand Jury
(SGJ) from its inception in 1989, and, as one of its founding fathers, he was
recognized by the naming of the SGJ Conference Room in his honor in 2021. He
also provided exceptional service to the SGJ and the South Carolina Attorney
General's Office for more than three decades; and

W
hereas, considered the
gold standard in law enforcement, Lieutenant Logan received numerous honors
over the course of his career, including the Strom Thurmond Award for
Excellence in Law Enforcement for outstanding federal service to the Federal
Bureau of Investigation (1987); the Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina's
highest civilian honor, presented by Governor Henry McMaster (2018); and the
South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief's Award (2021); and

W
hereas, Lieutenant
Logan rendered a lifetime of dedicated service and achievement to South
Carolina and to the United States of America, and, in so doing, earned the
supreme trust, confidence, and respect of his peers and the public. He leaves
to cherish his memory his dear wife of more than fifty years, Fairey Belle
Logan, a host of loving family and friends, and other admirers; and

W
hereas, the South
Carolina General Assembly is eternally grateful for Pete Logan's firm
commitment to the pursuit of justice in the Palmetto State. The people of South
Carolina were made better by his influence and will greatly miss his impactful
presence. Now, therefore,

B
e it resolved by the House
of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

T
hat the members of the
South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, express their profound
sorrow upon the passing of Lieutenant Lansing P. "Pete" Logan of the South
Carolina Law Enforcement Division, celebrate his life, and extend the deepest
sympathy to his family and many friends.

B
e it further resolved that
a copy of this resolution be presented to the family.

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