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- Full-time Legislator/Retired Law Enforcement and Deputy Coroner, Lexington County
- Residing in West Columbia
- Born December 1944 in West Columbia
- Son of John Milton, Sr. and Dovereen Jessie (Williams) Knotts
- 1965 married Betty Bodie, 2 children, Nikki Rogers and Tara Grigsby
- Palmer College, Associates, Criminal Justice, 1974
- Midlands Technical College, Associates, Corrections Administration, 1975
- Associates, Police Science, 1975
- Drug Enforcement Administration, 1976
- FBI Prosecutor School, 1976
- Advanced FBI Prosecutors Investigator School, 1977
- FBI Academy-Class 111, 1977
- Masters in Firearms, FBI, 1977
- University of South Carolina, B.A., 1982
- Firearms Instructor, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), 1989
- Certified CWP Firearms Instructor, 1996-
- Served in law enforcement beginning as a beat patrolman, Columbia Police Department, Columbia, South Carolina, 1968
- Riot Squad, 1969
- Coordinator Special Units, 1970
- Narcotics & Vice Detective, 1970
- Major Crime Investigator, 1974
- Chief Investigator, 5th Judicial Circuit, 1975
- Special Investigator Grand Jury, 1975
- Formed Fugitive Squad, White Collar Crime Division, 1976
- Lexington County Deputy Coroner, 1988-95
- Chambers Dev. Co. Southern Region, Director Corporate Security, 1988-1995
- Chairman, West Columbia Planning Commission, 1978-79
- Chairman, Post 79 Boys State American Legion
- Mason
- 40 & 8 Legionnaire
- Civil Process Services, 1990-
- South Carolina House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee, 1995-02
- South Carolina House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee Special Laws Subcommittee, 1995
- South Carolina House of Representatives, Judiciary Committee Criminal Law Subcommittee, 1995-02
- South Carolina House of Representatives, Rules Committee, 1998-02
- Public Safety Coordinating Council, 1995-
- Sentencing Guidelines Commission, 1995 and 1996
- South Carolina House of Representatives Freshman Legislator of the Year, 1996
- Elected to the South Carolina Senate April 23, 2002
- South Carolina Senate Agriculture and Natural Resource Committee, 2002-
- South Carolina Senate Fish, Game and Forestry Committee, 2002-
- South Carolina Senate General Committee, 2002-
- South Carolina Senate Invitations Committee, 2002-, Chairman, 2006-
- South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee, 2002-
- South Carolina Senate Rules Committee, 2002-
- Public Safety Coordinating Council, 2002-
- Committee on Screening of Boards and Commission, 2003-
- South Carolina Troopers Association
- James M. Smith Award, Gun Owners of South Carolina, 1995
- Champion of Housing Award, South Carolina Home Builders Association, 1998-99
- Lexington County Sheriff's Award, 2001
- Grassroots Gun Rights Guardian, 2001-02
- American Legion of South Carolina Service Award, 2002
- South Carolina Sheriff's Association Legislator of the Year, 2002
- South Carolina Recreation and Parks Association Legislator of the Year, 2002
- South Carolina Solicitors Association, Legislator of the Year, 2006
- Friend of the Taxpayer, 2006
- Outstanding Service to Victims of Crime, Legislator of the Year Award, 2006
- South Carolina Dental Hygiene Association, Legislator of the Year Award, 2006
- South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police, Senator of the Year Award, 2006
- Golden Advocate Award by the Solicitors Association, 2007
- South Carolina Chiropractic Association Legislator of the Year, 2007
- South Carolina Crime Victims Award, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2007
- South Carolina Coroner's Association Legislator of the Year, 2008
- Injured Workers' Advocates' "Friend of the Little Man" Award, 2008
- Support & Leadership Award for Excellence in Education, South Carolina Association of School Administrators
- 2008-2009 South Carolina EMS Association's Legislator of the Year
- Strom Thurmond Monument Commission
- Startec Security, Director of Corporate Develpoment, Southern Region, 2005-
- Certificate of Appreciation awarded by Native American Pow Wow
- Vietnam Veteran
- United States Navy, 1964-68, enlisted
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