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SC Code § 23-6-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-110. Existing uniforms and emblems continued in use during transition.

 In order to carry out the provisions of Section 23-6-100 in an orderly and economical manner it is intended that all serviceable uniforms be continued in use until such time as the director considers it necessary for them to be replaced. These provisions shall also apply to the emblems for motor vehicles.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-120. Troopers and officers to file, or be covered by, bond.

 Every officer and trooper commissioned pursuant to this chapter shall file a bond, or be covered by a surety bond, with the department in the amount of not less than two thousand dollars, subscribed by a duly licensed surety company, which shall be conditioned on the faithful performance of his duties. The duties include but are not limited to the prompt and proper accounting of all funds coming into his hands, the payment of any judgment recovered against him in any court of competent jurisdiction upon a cause of action arising out of breach or abuse of official duty or power, or the payment of damages sustained by any member of the public from any unlawful act of such officer or trooper. Coverage under such bond shall not include damage to persons or property arising out of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle. Such bond may be individual, schedule or blanket and on a form approved by the Attorney General. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the department.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-130. Violations of Section 23-6-100 may be enjoined; notice, petition, hearing.

 Any violation of Section 23-6-100 may be enjoined by the court of common pleas upon petition of the director after due notice to the person violating the provisions of Section 23-6-100 and after a hearing on the petition.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-140. Powers, duties and responsibilities of officers and troopers.

 The patrol of the highways of the State and the enforcement of the laws of the State relative to highway traffic, traffic safety, and motor vehicles shall be the primary responsibility of the troopers and officers of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The troopers and officers of the State Police shall have the primary responsibility for the enforcement of laws relating to commercial motor carriers relating to size, weight, permits, licensing, and inspections for size and weight tolerance and safety. All officers and troopers shall have the same power to serve criminal processes against offenders as sheriffs of the various counties and also the same power as such sheriffs to arrest without warrants and to detain persons found violating or attempting to violate any laws of the State relative to highway traffic, motor vehicles or commercial motor carriers. These officers and troopers shall also have the same power and authority held by deputy sheriffs for the enforcement of the criminal laws of the State.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-145 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-145. Traffic stop by commissioned officer or uniformed officer; requirement of reasonable belief of violation of law.

 A commissioned officer or a uniformed officer of the department may, upon reasonable belief that any vehicle is being operated in violation of any provision of statutory law, require the driver thereof to stop and exhibit the registration card issued for the vehicle, the individual's driver's license, and submit to an inspection of such vehicle and license.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 459, Section 38; 2000 Act No. 252, Section 2.
SC Code § 23-6-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-150. Summons; bail.

 When any person is apprehended by a officer upon a charge of violating any laws of the State relative to highway traffic, motor vehicles or commercial motor carriers such person shall immediately be served with an official summons. The person charged may deposit bail with the arresting officer in lieu of being immediately brought before the proper magistrate, recorder, or other judicial officer to enter into a formal recognizance or make direct the deposit of a proper sum of money in lieu of a recognizance or incarceration. The apprehending officer may accept a sum of money as bail, not less than the minimum nor more than the maximum fine, but in no case to exceed two hundred dollars, to be in due course turned over to the judicial officer as money for bail. The bail deposited shall be in lieu of entering into a recognizance for his appearance for trial as set in the aforesaid summons or being incarcerated by the arresting officer and held for further action by the appropriate judicial officer. A receipt for the sum so deposited shall be given to such person by the arresting officer. The summons duly served as herein provided shall give the judicial officer jurisdiction to dispose of the matter. Upon receipt of the fixed sum of money the officer may release the person so charged as above provided for his further appearance before the proper judicial officer as provided for and required by the summons.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-170. Promotions; adoption of promotion policy.

 No officer or trooper may be promoted to a higher rank until such time as the council adopts a promotion policy for commissioned personnel and officers as provided for in Section 23-6-520.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-6-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-180. Retention of Patrolmen's permanent records after death or retirement.

 The Department of Public Safety is directed to keep permanent records of all Highway Patrolmen who are killed in the line of duty or die in any other manner while actively employed as well as records of those who are retired.  HISTORY: 2003 Act No. 61, Section 14.
SC Code § 23-6-185 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-185. Enforcement by State Transport Police Division funded by motor carrier registration fees.

 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, enforcement by the State Transport Police Division, of Articles 3 and 5, Chapter 23 of Title 58, shall be funded from the motor carrier registration fees collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles that previously were collected by the Public Service Commission and the Department of Public Safety. Additionally, the State Transport Police is authorized to expend the motor carrier registration fees to build or renovate weigh stations. All unexpended funds from prior years collected pursuant to this section may be retained and carried forward by the department for the same purposes.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-187 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-187. Witness fees for trooper trained in Advanced Accident Investigation testifying in civil matters.

 The department may charge a witness fee of one hundred thirty dollars per hour, up to one thousand dollars per day for each trooper trained in Advanced Accident Investigation testifying in civil matters which do not involve the State as a party in interest. The fee shall be charged in addition to any court prescribed payment due as compensation or reimbursement for judicial appearances and deposited into a designated revenue account. The department is authorized to receive, expend, retain, and carry forward these funds.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-190. Support of Highway Patrol.

 All monies collected in the Department of Public Safety Building Fund, as established in Section 56-3-840 that exceed the annual bond payment and the amount needed for building repair must be utilized by the department to support the Highway Patrol.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12D, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-191 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-191. Physical examination costs.

 The Department may pay the cost of physical examinations for department personnel who are required to receive physical examinations prior to or after receiving a law enforcement commission.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-193 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-193. Reimbursement for expenditures incurred during emergency; retention and expenditure of funds.

 The department may collect, expend, retain, and carry forward all funds received from other state or federal agencies as reimbursement for expenditures incurred when personnel and equipment are mobilized and expenses incurred due to an emergency.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-195 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-195. Providing meals during emergencies.

 The department may provide meals to employees of the department who are not permitted to leave assigned duty stations and are required to work during deployment, emergency simulation exercises, and when the Governor declares a state of emergency.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 12B, eff July 1, 2009.
SC Code § 23-6-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-200. Definitions.

 For purposes of this article:  (1) "Former law enforcement officer" means:  (a) an officer who was previously commissioned by the Governor and who during his law enforcement career worked for the department;  (b) an officer who was commissioned by the Governor, and whose agency, office, or unit was transferred to the department pursuant to governmental restructuring, including former retired officers;  (c) an officer who was previously commissioned by the Governor whose agency, office, or unit was transferred to the department pursuant to governmental restructuring or any subsequent restructuring, including former retired officers; or  (d) other formerly commissioned law enforcement officers or retired officers in good standing from any law enforcement agency, state constables, or volunteer state constables serving without compensation whose appointment is certified by the State Law Enforcement Division as having completed the requisite training to maintain an active commission.  (2) "Department of Public Safety Special Constable" means a commission authorized by the department for a former law enforcement officer as defined in (1).  (3) "Director" means the chief administrative officer of the Department of Public Safety.  (4) "Department" means Department of Public Safety.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-6-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-210. Commissioning of special constables; powers and duties; removal; training.

 (A) The director is authorized to establish programs for the commissioning of former law enforcement officers of the department. An individual commissioned pursuant to this section shall receive a Department of Public Safety Special Constable commission.  (B) The powers and duties of these special constables shall be determined by the director and specified in writing, and individuals commissioned pursuant to this section shall be subject to removal by the director at any time. Before assuming their duties, special constables shall take the oath of office required by law and successfully complete a course of training specified by the director.  (C) A constable shall be entitled to enforce the laws of this State and exercise the duties of his office throughout the State except as may be limited in subsection (B).  (D) The course of training required in subsection (B) does not apply to former officers holding a valid commission issued by another agency or governmental entity, except that all officers shall meet any annual continuing training requirements established by the director in order to maintain their commissions.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-6-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-220. Compensation; uniforms and equipment; workers' compensation and death benefits.

 (A) Constables may not receive compensation including, but not limited to, salary for services rendered absent specific statutory authorization.  (B) Any uniforms and equipment issued by the department shall remain the property of the department, but may, in the discretion of the director, be entrusted to the care and control of the constables. A constable assisting a full-time department law enforcement officer shall wear uniforms or other insignia which identify the constable as a special law enforcement officer assisting the department.  (C) Workers' compensation benefits may be provided on an as needed basis for special constables by the director in the same manner as benefits are provided for full-time officers. For purposes of compensation or benefits arising from duty-related injury or death, special constables shall be considered as employees of the department.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-6-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-230. Identification cards.

 Identification cards registering a special constable must be issued by the Department of Public Safety for all individuals commissioned pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-6-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-240. Authority to carry pistols.

 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, constables who have received the required training shall be authorized by the director to carry pistols on and about their persons unless otherwise restricted by the director in writing. However, the director, after hearing and for cause, may deny such privilege to any constable pursuant to this section who is guilty of using his pistol at any time in a manner inconsistent with accepted law enforcement procedures as determined by the director or who has been convicted of any crime for which a penalty of imprisonment for more than one year may be imposed. The term "conviction" shall include a plea of guilty, a plea of nolo contendere, or forfeiture of bail.  HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 252, Section 1.
SC Code § 23-6-500 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-500. South Carolina Public Safety Coordinating Council created; purpose.

 There is created a council to administer certain responsibilities of the Department of Public Safety and coordinate certain activities between the department, the Office of the Attorney General, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and municipal and county law enforcement agencies. The council is to be known as the South Carolina Public Safety Coordinating Council.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A); 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 8.B, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 8.B, inserted "the Office of the Attorney General,".
SC Code § 23-6-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-510. Composition; filling of vacancies.

 (A) The council is composed of the following persons for terms as indicated:  (1) the Governor or his designee, to serve as chairman, for the term of the Governor;  (2) the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for the term of office for which he is appointed;  (3) the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee for his term of office in the Senate or his designee;  (4) the Chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee for his term of office in the House of Representatives or his designee;  (5) the Director of the Department of Public Safety;  (6) a sheriff appointed by the Governor for the term of office for which he is elected;  (7) the Attorney General or his designee;  (8) a municipal police chief appointed by the Governor for a term of two years;  (9) a victim representative appointed by the Governor for a term of four years; and  (10) a victim with a documented history of victimization appointed by the Attorney General for a term of four years.  (B) Any vacancy occurring must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A); 1996 Act No. 414, Section 1; 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 8.C, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 8.C, inserted the (A) and (B) identifiers; in (A), inserted (7), relating to the Attorney General, redesignated accordingly, and added (10), relating to a victim with a documented history of victimization appointed by the Attorney General for a term of four years; and made a nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 23-6-520 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-520. Duties.

 The council has the following duties to:  (1) recommend a hiring and promotion policy for commissioned personnel or officers to be administered under the sole authority of the director;  (2) establish a process for the solicitation of applications for public safety grants and to review and approve the disbursement of funds available under Section 402 of Chapter 4 of Title 1 of the Federal Highway Safety Program, Public Law 89-564 in a fair and equitable manner;  (3) coordinate the use of department personnel by other state or local agencies or political subdivisions;  (4) advise and consult on questions of jurisdiction and law enforcement and public safety activities between the Department of Public Safety, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and law enforcement agencies of local political subdivisions; and  (5) in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General, South Carolina Crime Victim Services Division, Department of Crime Victim Assistance grants, establish a process to solicit and administer the disbursement of funds for Victims of Crime Act grants, the Violence Against Women Act grants, the State Victim's Assistance Program grants available under Public Law 98-473 establishing the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA-I) established under Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1944, Public Law No. 103-322, 108 Stat. 1796 (September 13, 1994), and all other crime victim service funding as provided by law, including, but not limited to, the authority to solicit for federal formula or discretionary grant awards and foundation funding.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A); 2017 Act No. 96 (S.289), Section 8.D, eff July 1, 2017.  Effect of Amendment  2017 Act No. 96, Pt. II, Section 8.D, added (5), relating to soliciting and administering the disbursement of funds; and made nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 23-6-530 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 6 - Department Of Public Safety|Section 23-6-530. Council may elect officers; service is without pay; per diem, mileage and subsistence.

 The council may elect such other officers as it deems necessary from its membership and the members of the council shall serve without pay but are authorized, as eligible, to receive the usual per diem, mileage and subsistence provided for by law.  HISTORY: 1993 Act No. 181, Section 343(A).
SC Code § 23-7-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 7 - State Constables|Section 23-7-10. Appointment of special State constables upon recommendation of United States Atomic Energy Commission; compensation.

 The Governor may appoint and commission as special State constables such persons, including employees of a contractor of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (in this chapter hereinafter called "the Commission"), as shall be recommended to him in writing by a duly authorized representative of the Commission. Such special State constables shall serve without compensation from the State or any of its political subdivisions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-731; 1952 Code Section 53-731; 1951 (47) 710.
SC Code § 23-7-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 7 - State Constables|Section 23-7-20. Term of office; removal.

 The appointment of a special State constable under this chapter shall be for a term of two years. Any such constable may be summarily removed by the Governor upon his own initiative or at the request of the Commission or its duly authorized representative.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-732; 1952 Code Section 53-732; 1951 (47) 710.
SC Code § 23-7-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 7 - State Constables|Section 23-7-30. Oath; bond.

 All special state constables appointed under this chapter are required to take the oath prescribed by Article III, Section 26 of the Constitution of 1895. Every such special state constable must give and file in the office of the Secretary of State a surety bond in the penal sum of two thousand dollars conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-733; 1952 Code Section 53-733; 1951 (47) 710; 2000 Act No. 362, Section 2.
SC Code § 23-7-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety|Chapter 7 - State Constables|Section 23-7-40. Jurisdiction of constables.

 The jurisdiction of a special state constable is confined and limited to the lands and premises acquired or being acquired by the United States Government for the use of the commission in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell counties. Nothing contained in this section confines or limits the jurisdiction of the constable to the lands and premises while in fresh pursuit of a person for a misdemeanor or felony committed in his presence or for a felony if he reasonably believes upon prompt information or complaint that the person has committed the felony. The failure of the United States to acquire title to any of the lands and premises within the boundaries of the site does not confine or limit the jurisdiction of a special state constable authorized by this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-734; 1952 Code Section 53-734; 1951 (47) 710; 1982 Act No. 308; 1990 Act No. 598, Section 5.