Richland County, S.C., Deputy Sheriff Kevin Lawrence has received a promotion to a less-public investigator position, and thus he will no longer appear on Live PD as a uniformed officer.

“K-Law” is the second Richland fan favorite who was promoted off the show, having been preceded by Chris Mastrianni.

The Richland cops featured on Live PD still includes charismatic Deputies Addy Perez, Mark Laureano, Garo Brown (the bodybuilder with the huge “guns,”), and Lt. Danny Brown, who have become TV personalities in their own right.

Live PD is the hit ride-along show on the A&E Network with videographers embedded with officers on real-time (or near real-time) night patrol in about eight different jurisdictions around the country.

Fresh, three-hour episodes air on Friday and Saturday evenings at 9 p.m. Eastern and perhaps are among  the last remaining vestiges of appointment TV. Live PD reruns are also in heavy rotation on A&E.

Deputy Lawrence became a Live PD Nation favorite because of his sense of humor and his ability to relate to citizens that he encountered on his shift.

“His levelheadedness, quick wit and no-nonsense personality made Lawrence a hit among fans, who dubbed him ‘Mr. Cool’ and ‘K-Law,'” The State explained.

Lawrence told the news outlet that the notoriety he gained from the show is something of a double-edged sword in that he is generally a private person. “But the recognition and the positive things fans and viewers have said about law enforcement are also what Lawrence said he’ll miss most.”

The officer implied that a return to TV sometime in the future is a possibility. With that in mind, Live PD has already resulted in two spin-offs.

Viewers of Live PD, which has developed an avid social media following, are well aware the show has depicted some wild sequences, including high-speed pursuits, foot chases, and grappling with suspects, along with quirky and humorous, and sometimes mundane, interactions with ordinary folks. There has been, unfortunately, also footage of one instance of police deadly force.

The police dogs are also awesome.

While motorists pulled over in traffic stops on Live PD that sometimes leads to field sobriety testing often don’t have a driver’s license, registration, or insurance, somehow they do manage to have contraband such as drugs or weapons in their vehicle. Pending warrants are often in play.

Joining studio hosts Dan Abrams and Tom Morris Jr. tonight will be Pinal County, Ariz., Sheriff Mark Lamb (sitting in for Sgt. Sean “Sticks” Larkin of the Tulsa PD). Sheriff Lamb perhaps may be one of the few elected sheriffs that regularly goes on routine patrol with his officers.