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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 20 - Law Enforcement Assistance And Support Act › Section 23-20-40. Required mutual aid agreement provisions.

(A) All mutual aid agreements for law enforcement services must be in writing and include, but may not be limited to, the following:
(1) a statement of the specific services to be provided;
(2) specific language dealing with financial agreements between the parties;
(3) specification of the records to be maintained concerning the performance of services to be provided to the agency;
(4) language dealing with the duration, modification, and termination of the agreement;
(5) specific language dealing with the legal contingencies for any lawsuits or the payment of damages that arise from the provided services;
(6) a stipulation as to which law enforcement authority maintains control over the law enforcement provider's personnel;
(7) specific arrangements for the use of equipment and facilities; and
(8) specific language dealing with the processing of requests for information pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act for public safety functions performed or arising under these agreements.
(B) Except as provided in subsection (C), a mutual aid agreement entered into on behalf of a law enforcement authority must be approved by the appropriate governing bodies of each concerned county, incorporated municipality, or other political subdivision of this State. Agreements entered into are executed between governing bodies, and, therefore, may last until the agreement is terminated by a participating party of the agreement.
(C) An elected official whose office was created by the Constitution or by general law of this State is not required to seek approval from the elected official's governing body in order to participate in mutual aid agreements.
(D) Provided the conditions and terms of the mutual aid agreements are followed, the chief executive officers of the law enforcement agencies in the concerned counties, incorporated municipalities, or other political subdivisions have the authority to send and receive such resources, including personnel, as may be needed to maintain the public peace and welfare.
(E) The officers of the law enforcement provider have the same legal rights, powers, and duties to enforce the laws of this State as the law enforcement agency requesting the services.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 382, Section 1; 2016 Act No. 222 (H.3653), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 222, Section 1, rewrote the section.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 20 - Law Enforcement Assistance And Support Act › Section 23-20-50. Repealed.

HISTORY: Former Section, titled Approval of contracts; copy to Governor and Director of Department of Administration; powers of officers of law enforcement authority, had the following history: 2000 Act No. 382, Section 1. Repealed by 2016 Act No. 222, Section 2, eff June 3, 2016.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 20 - Law Enforcement Assistance And Support Act › Section 23-20-60. Waiver of requirement for written agreement.

The Governor, upon the request of a law enforcement authority or in his discretion, may by executive order, waive the requirement for a written agreement for law enforcement services required by this chapter during a natural disaster or other emergency affecting public safety.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 382, Section 1; 2016 Act No. 222 (H.3653), Section 1, eff June 3, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 222, Section 1, substituted "written agreement" for "written contractual agreement".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-10. Establishment, membership and compensation of members of boards of police commissioners.

The mayor and aldermen of any city of not less than twenty and not more than fifty thousand inhabitants may establish in such city a board of police commissioners, which shall consist of five members including the mayor, a majority of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. With the exception of the mayor no member of such board shall be a member of the city council. The mayor shall serve on such board for a term coequal with his term of office, unless his office is sooner vacated by him, and until his successor is elected and qualified. The members of the board shall serve without compensation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-251; 1952 Code Section 53-251; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-20. Election of members of board.

The first election may be held at the first meeting of the mayor and aldermen elected to succeed the mayor and aldermen of any such city in office at the time of the decision to establish such board. At such election one member of the board shall be elected to serve one year, one to serve two years, one to serve three years and one to serve four years and thereafter one member of the board shall be elected annually to serve for four years.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-252; 1952 Code Section 53-252; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-30. Vacancies on board.

Should a vacancy occur in the board from any other cause than the expiration of a regular term, an election to fill it shall be held by the city council as soon thereafter as practicable and the member elected shall hold for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-253; 1952 Code Section 53-253; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-40. Meetings; secretary.

Such board of police commissioners shall hold a stated meeting each month and such other meetings as the public interest may from time to time require. At its first meeting the board shall elect one of the members of the board secretary thereof, who shall keep a record of the proceedings.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-254; 1952 Code Section 53-254; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-50. Election of police chief and officers; control and management of police force.

The board of police commissioners thus established under this chapter shall elect a chief of police and such other police officers as is or may be prescribed by the ordinance of such city. This power extends to unexpired as well as regular terms. The board shall also provide temporary police officers and policemen as occasion requires, such temporary police officers and policemen to be paid as may be prescribed by ordinance. The board shall have full and exclusive control and management of the police force of such city and shall have the power to discharge, suspend or fine the officers and members of the police force and to make and enforce rules and regulations for its government.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-255; 1952 Code Section 53-255; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-60. Devolving additional duties on board.

The city council of any city establishing such a board of police commissioners may from time to time, by ordinance, devolve such further duties upon such board and prescribe such further rules and regulations for the government of such board as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-256; 1952 Code Section 53-256; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-70. Proceedings against officers; suspension; temporary appointments.

The mode of preferring accusations against the officers and members of the police force and of their trial shall be prescribed by city ordinance. The city council shall also prescribe the manner of suspending until trial the chief of police or any other police officer or policeman, when an accusation is brought. And in all such cases the board of commissioners of police may make appointments to the office in place of the suspended person, such appointment to hold during suspension.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-257; 1952 Code Section 53-257; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2692 to 2697; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 21 - Police Commissioners In Cities Of 20,000 To 50,000 › Section 23-21-80. Compelling attendance of witnesses before board.

When any resident of any city that establishes a board of police commissioners under this chapter shall be required to attend as a witness the trial of any officer or member of the police force before such board, the secretary of the board, upon application, shall issue a subpoena directed to such person, stating the cause and time appointed for the trial. If any witness thus subpoenaed fails to appear, he may be attached by the board for contempt. The attachment shall be directed to someone of the police force of such city and made returnable before the board at some stated time, and the board may punish such witness by a fine not exceeding ten dollars or imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, unless he shows good cause for not obeying such subpoena.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-258; 1952 Code Section 53-258; 1942 Code Section 7533; 1932 Code Sections 7539 to 7544; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4652 to 4657; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2962 to 2967; 1902 (23) 1050.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-20. South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy.

There is hereby created the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy which shall provide facilities and training for all officers from state, county, and local law enforcement agencies and for other designated persons in the criminal justice system. Correctional officers and other personnel employed or appointed by the South Carolina Department of Corrections may be trained by the academy. Administration of the academy must be vested in a director who is responsible for selection of instructors, course content, maintenance of physical facilities, recordkeeping, supervision of personnel, scheduling of classes, enforcement of minimum standards for certification, and other matters as may be agreed upon by the council. The director must be hired by and responsible to the council. Basic and advance training must be provided at the training facility.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2008 Act No. 335, Section 13, eff June 16, 2008; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment in the first sentence substituted "There is hereby created the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy which shall" for "the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shall".
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, substituted "trained by the academy" for "trained by the department", and substituted "Administration of the academy" for "Administration of this academy".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-30. South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council; members; terms.

(A) There is hereby created a South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council consisting of the following eleven members:
(1) the Attorney General of South Carolina;
(2) the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division;
(3) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;
(4) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections;
(5) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources;
(6) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety;
(7) one chief of police from a municipality having a population of less than ten thousand. This person must be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure;
(8) one chief of police from a municipality having a population of more than ten thousand. This person must be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure;
(9) one county sheriff from a county with a population of less than fifty thousand. This person must be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure;
(10) one county sheriff from a county with a population of more than fifty thousand. This person must be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure; and
(11) one detention director who is responsible for the operation and management of a county or multijurisdictional jail. This person must be appointed by the Governor and shall serve at his pleasure.
(B)(1) The members provided for in subsection (A)(1) through (6) above shall be ex officio members with full voting rights.
(2) The members provided for in subsection (A)(7) through (11) above shall begin serving on January 1, 2007.
In the event that a vacancy arises, it must be filled by appointment or election and confirmation of the original authority granting membership on the basis of the above referenced criteria.
(C) The council shall meet for the first time within ninety days after January 1, 2007, and shall elect one of its members as chairperson and one of its members as vice chairperson. These officers shall serve a term of one year and may be reelected. After the initial meeting, the council shall meet at the call of the chairperson, or at the call of the majority of the members of the council, but it shall meet no fewer than four times a year.
(D) Members of the council shall serve without compensation. A council member who terminates his office or employment which qualifies him for appointment shall immediately cease to be a member of the council.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, reenacted the section with nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-50. Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence requirement; guidelines for exemptions.

(A) A law enforcement officer who is Class 1-LE certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence each year of a three-year recertification period. The number of required annual CLEEC hours in domestic violence shall be determined by the council but must be included in the forty CLEEC hours required over the three-year recertification period. The training must be provided or approved by the academy and must include, but is not limited to, the following curriculum: responding to crime scenes, Fourth Amendment issues, incident report writing, mutual restraining orders, orders of protection, determining primary aggressors, dual arrests, victim and offender dynamics, victims' resources, victims' rights issues, interviewing techniques, criminal domestic violence courts, victimless prosecution, offender treatment programs, and recognizing special needs populations.
(B) The council shall develop guidelines to provide for an exemption from the requirement of certain Class 1-LE certified law enforcement officers whose job responsibilities may not include responding to domestic violence cases from completing CLEEC hours in domestic violence each year. The request for an exemption must be made by the chief executive officer of the law enforcement officer's employing agency. A waiver or exemption from domestic violence training must not reduce the forty CLEEC hours required over the three-year period.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, twice substituted "council" for "Law Enforcement Training Council", and substituted "academy" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-55. Continuing law enforcement education credits in mental health or addictive disorders.

A law enforcement officer who is Class 1-LE, Class 2-LCO, or Class 3-SLE certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in mental health or addictive disorders over a three-year recertification period. The number of required annual CLEEC hours in mental health or addictive disorders shall be determined by the council, but must be included in the forty CLEEC hours required over the three-year recertification period. The training must be provided or approved by the academy and must include, but is not limited to, the following curriculum: crime scene response, crisis situation response in which an individual is experiencing a mental health or addictive disorder crisis, Fourth Amendment issues, incident report writing, determination of primary aggressors, dual arrests, victim and offender dynamics, victims' resources, victims' rights issues, interviewing techniques, mental health courts and mental health court programs, offender treatment programs, and recognition of special needs populations.
HISTORY: 2017 Act No. 46 (S.173), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-70. Certificates to be issued to certain officers appointed as chiefs and certain retired law enforcement officers.

(A) A retired law enforcement officer with twenty years or more law enforcement experience who subsequently serves as a magistrate or municipal judge of this State and is or has been appointed chief of a municipal department by the governing body thereof must be issued a certificate as a law enforcement officer pursuant to Section 23-23-60 if that person completes the legal course for Class I certified officers taught by the academy. This provision applies to a retired law enforcement officer of this State with twenty years or more law enforcement experience whose certificate has lapsed due to a three-year break in service who subsequently is appointed chief of a municipal department by the governing body thereof.
(B) A retired South Carolina law enforcement officer must be issued a certificate pursuant to Section 23-23-60, authorizing him to serve as a certified law enforcement officer, if the officer meets the following qualifications at the time of application:
(1) the officer must have been retired pursuant to Section 9-11-60 or 9-11-70 for not more than ten years, except that the council may certify an officer who has been retired for more than ten years if the officer provides evidence satisfactory to the director that he has received law enforcement training and experience sufficient to qualify him to serve as a certified law enforcement officer;
(2) within the previous three years, the officer must have completed a legal course and all other training programs for certified officers mandated by law and taught by the academy; and
(3) the officer must have maintained a constable commission during his retirement, without interruption.
(C) A retired federal law enforcement officer must be issued a certificate pursuant to Section 23-23-60, authorizing him to serve as a certified law enforcement officer, if the officer provides evidence satisfactory to the director that he has received law enforcement training and experience sufficient to qualify him to serve as a certified law enforcement officer.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2008 Act No. 335, Section 6, eff June 16, 2008; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Editor's Note
Section 9-11-70, referenced in subsection (B)(1), was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment, in subsections (A), (B), and (C), substituted "Section 23-23-60" for "Section 23-6-440".
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, in subsections (A) and (B)(2), substituted "academy" for "Criminal Justice Academy"; and in subsection (B)(1), substituted "council" for "department".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-90. Internal documents relating to requirements or administration of chapter as basis for court action.

An oral or written report, document, statement, or other communication that is written, made, or delivered concerning the requirements or administration of this chapter or regulations promulgated pursuant to it must not be the subject of or basis for an action at law or in equity in any court of the State if the communication is between:
(1) law enforcement agencies, their agents, employees, or representatives; or
(2) law enforcement agencies, their agents, employees, or representatives and the academy or the council.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2008 Act No. 335, Section 19, eff June 16, 2008; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment, in the introductory paragraph, deleted "for slander or libel" following "equity"; rewrote item (2); and made nonsubstantive and conforming changes.
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, in paragraph (2), substituted "academy or the council" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy or the Law Enforcement Training Council".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-110. Law enforcement in municipality with single officer when officer attending training.

When a municipality employs only one law enforcement officer and that officer is attending law enforcement training at the academy as required by law, the sheriff of the county wherein the municipality is located, or the head of the entity in charge of countywide law enforcement if the county sheriff is not, shall provide systematic patrolling of the municipal area while its law enforcement officer is attending the training.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, substituted "academy" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-115. Training of officers with Savannah River Site Law Enforcement Department.

Notwithstanding another provision of law, a person employed as a law enforcement officer with the Savannah River Site Law Enforcement Department, a United States Department of Energy facility, may attend and be trained at the academy in accordance with training and certification standards established by the State. Expenses for mandated and elective training must be established by the academy and paid by the law enforcement officer's employer. An authorized representative of the United States Department of Energy shall certify to the academy that the officer is employed as a law enforcement officer at the Savannah River Site and request the officer's admission to the academy for training.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, Section 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, twice substituted "academy" for "Criminal Justice Academy".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-130. Retention of academy-generated revenue.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, revenue received from the sale of meals to employees and students attending nonmandated, advanced, or specialized training courses, sale of student locks and materials, sale of legal manuals and other publications, postal reimbursement, photocopying, sale of miscellaneous refuse and recyclable materials, tuition from nonmandated, advanced, or specialized courses, coin operated telephones, revenue from E-911 and coroner training, private college tuition, and revenue from canteen operations and building management services, revenue from "Crime-to-Court" and other academy training series shall be retained by the academy and expended in budgeted operations for food services, expansion of the academy's distance learning programs, professional training, fees and dues, clothing allowance, and other related services or programs as the Director of the Criminal Justice Academy may deem necessary. The council and the academy shall report annually to the General Assembly the amount of miscellaneous revenue retained and carried forward.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 353, Section 2, Pt 27A.1, eff July 1, 2008; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, this section, added as Section 23-23-120, was redesignated because a section using that number had been added by an earlier act.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, substituted "academy training series" for "Criminal Justice Academy training series"; substituted "academy's distance learning" for "department's distance learning"; substituted "The council and the academy shall report" for "The Law Enforcement Training Council, Criminal Justice Academy shall report"; and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-140. Patrol canine teams, certification.

(A) For purposes of this section, "patrol canine teams" refers to a certified officer and a specific patrol canine controlled by the handler working together in the performance of law enforcement or correctional duties. "Patrol canine teams" does not refer to canines used exclusively for tracking or specific detection.
(B) The South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy shall verify that patrol canine teams have been certified by a nationally recognized police dog association or similar organization.
(C) No law enforcement agency may utilize patrol canine teams after July 1, 2014, unless the patrol canine teams have met all certification requirements.
HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 62, Section 2, eff June 12, 2013; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, Section 1, reenacted the section with no apparent change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 23 - Law Enforcement Training Council And Criminal Justice Academy › Section 23-23-160. Compliance Division; responsibilities.

(A) There is hereby established a Compliance Division under the jurisdiction of the council. The inspectors and such other personnel as may be provided for the division shall be selected by the director.
(B) The division shall be responsible for inspecting, at least once every three years, the relevant policies and procedures for every law enforcement agency in this State to ensure compliance with minimum standards established in Section 23-23-85. For the purposes of this section, "law enforcement agency' means any agency or entity of the State or any of its political subdivisions that employs or appoints law enforcement officers.
(C) If an inspection under this chapter discloses that a law enforcement agency does not meet the minimum standards established in Section 23-23-85, the council shall notify the law enforcement agency director and hold a meeting of the council to consider the inspection reports. If requested, the inspection personnel shall appear to advise and consult concerning appropriate corrective action. The law enforcement agency shall initiate appropriate corrective action within ninety days or may be subject to additional penalties, as described in Section 23-23-100.
(D) If a law enforcement agency produces evidence satisfactory to the director to prove the agency is currently accredited by either the South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation Council or the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, the agency shall be exempt from inspections pursuant to this section and shall be deemed to be in compliance with the minimum standards established in Section 23-23-85.
HISTORY: 2022 Act No. 218 (H.3050), Section 5, eff January 1, 2023.
Editor's Note
2022 Act No. 218, Section 9, provides as follows:
"SECTION 9. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor; however, SECTION 4 and SECTION 5 take effect on January 1, 2023."
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 24 - Off-duty Private Jobs Of Law Enforcement Officers › Section 23-24-10. Use of official uniforms and weapons by officers on private job.

Uniformed law enforcement officers, as defined in Section 23-23-10, and reserve police officers, as defined in Section 23-28-10(A), may wear their uniforms and use their weapons and like equipment while performing private jobs in their off duty hours with the permission of the law enforcement agency and governing body by which they are employed.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 529 Section 2; 1990 Act No. 380, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 411, Section 1.
Code Commissioner's Note
At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference to Section 23-6-400(D)(1) [repealed in 2006] was changed to Section 23-23-10.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 24 - Off-duty Private Jobs Of Law Enforcement Officers › Section 23-24-20. Duties of employing agencies.

Each agency head shall determine before such off-duty work is approved that the proposed employment is not of such nature as is likely to bring disrepute on the agency, the officer, or the law enforcement profession, and that the performance of such duties and the use of such agency equipment is in the public interest.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 529, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 24 - Off-duty Private Jobs Of Law Enforcement Officers › Section 23-24-30. Liability of public employer for off-duty acts.

Off-duty work performed by law enforcement officers shall not be considered as work done within the scope of his employment and no public service district, municipality, county, state, or any of its political subdivisions shall be liable for acts performed by off-duty law enforcement officers as permitted by this chapter.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 529, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 24 - Off-duty Private Jobs Of Law Enforcement Officers › Section 23-24-40. Procedure when officer causes death on private job.

Any law enforcement officer who causes the death of any person while off duty and performing private jobs under the provisions of this chapter shall, in addition to any other actions, be placed on inactive duty without pay for not more than thirty days. Such law enforcement officer shall not be reinstated until an investigation of the death has been held and he has been exonerated. Exoneration shall not occur until the matter has been considered by the solicitor of the judicial circuit where the death occurred and the solicitor has given an affidavit that after investigation he is convinced that the death was not caused by an unlawful act of the officer, or until the matter has been considered by a coroner's jury, or by a grand jury and the officer has been judged not guilty. If the officer is exonerated, he shall be paid any back pay due him.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 529, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 24 - Off-duty Private Jobs Of Law Enforcement Officers › Section 23-24-50. Notice to agency concerning off-duty employment.

Uniformed police officers performing private jobs during their off duty hours shall be required to notify the appropriate law enforcement agency of the place of employment, the hours to be worked and the type of employment.
HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 529, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 25 - Law Enforcement Officers Hall Of Fame › Section 23-25-10. Establishment, purpose and location.

There is hereby established the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame as a memorial to law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty and in recognition of the selfless dedication of all law enforcement officers in the day-to-day performance of their duties. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame shall be located on the grounds of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Academy at Columbia.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-49; 1974 (58) 2759; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 42; 2001 Act No. 107, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 25 - Law Enforcement Officers Hall Of Fame › Section 23-25-20. Creation, purpose and membership of South Carolina Law-Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame Committee.

(A) The South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame shall hereafter be administered as an office of the Department of Public Safety.
(B) There is created a South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of the following ex officio members:
(1) the Director of the Department of Public Safety, who shall serve as chairman;
(2) the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division;
(3) the Director of the Department of Corrections;
(4) the President of the South Carolina Sheriffs' Association, or his designee;
(5) the Executive Director of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Association;
(6) the President of the South Carolina Police Chiefs Association, or his designee;
(7) a representative of the Natural Resources Enforcement Division, to be appointed by the Director of the Department of Natural Resources; and
(8) the President of the South Carolina Fraternal Order of Police, or his designee.
(C) Members of the advisory committee may designate persons to represent them at meetings they are unable to attend.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-49.1; 1974 (58) 2759; 1979 Act No. 50, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 357; 1996 Act No 459, Section 42; 2001 Act No. 107, Sections 2 and 3; 2016 Act No. 136 (H.4507), Section 1, eff March 2, 2016.
Effect of Amendment
2016 Act No. 136, Section 1, in (B)(1), deleted reference to "the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division"; in (B)(4), substituted "President" for "Secretary", and added "or his designee"; added (B)(8); and made other nonsubstantive changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 25 - Law Enforcement Officers Hall Of Fame › Section 23-25-30. Power of advisory committee to erect and maintain South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame; guidelines.

It shall be the responsibility of the advisory committee to assist the department in planning, erecting, and maintaining the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame in the manner it shall determine appropriate but generally in accordance with the following guidelines:
(a) All officers from all agencies in the law enforcement system shall be eligible for entry into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame.
(b) The names of all officers killed in the line of duty whose deaths under those circumstances can be established by creditable records shall be entered into the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame.
(c) Any officer who performs an act or series of acts over and above the regular call of duty may become eligible for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame when so elected by the advisory committee whether or not such act or acts resulted in death or injury to the officer concerned.
(d) Any officer whose continued record of excellence over a period of years is manifestly outstanding may be elected to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame by the advisory committee.
(e) Suitable plaques inscribed with the names of those selected for the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame shall be erected.
(f) Within the limits of funds provided, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame shall include museum-type displays of objects and equipment of unusual interest used by law enforcement officers or otherwise related to law enforcement.
(g) Provide tours and related safety and educational programs to the public.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-49.2; 1974 (58) 2759; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 42; 2001 Act No. 107, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 25 - Law Enforcement Officers Hall Of Fame › Section 23-25-40. Nominations to South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame; meetings of advisory committee, compensation of members and clerical assistance.

The advisory committee shall establish procedures and regulations for the nomination of members of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame. All selections of persons for South Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame membership shall be made by a majority vote of the total membership of the advisory committee.
Meetings of the advisory committee shall be held at least quarterly, and more frequently at the call of the chairman. The advisory committee shall establish its own rules of procedure. Members shall not receive compensation for their services with the advisory committee but shall be allowed the usual mileage, per diem, and subsistence provided by law for boards, committees, and commissions.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-49.3; 1974 (58) 2759; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 358; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 42; 2001 Act No. 107, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-10. Authorization for special police districts.

In order to provide adequate police protection for unincorporated villages or towns or thickly populated areas outside the limits of incorporated municipalities, special police districts may be created and established within any county in this State for any such unincorporated area.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-301; 1952 Code Section 53-301; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-20. Petition to establish district.

Before any such special district may be formed there shall be filed with the clerk of court of the county in which such district is proposed to be created a petition signed by a majority of the resident landowners in the proposed district. The petition shall be accompanied (a) by a plat or map showing the limits of the proposed district, (b) by an adequate description of the territory by reference to recorded plats or maps or (c) by any other general description sufficient for the commissioners of the district and the county auditor to ascertain the landowners within the area.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-302; 1952 Code Section 53-302; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-30. Election on establishment of district and for commissioners of district.

When the petition is approved by the clerk of court of the county in which the proposed special district is located the clerk shall call an election of the qualified voters within such district to vote upon the question of establishing the district for the purpose of special police protection. The clerk shall designate some place within the proposed district for the holding of the election and shall appoint the managers and declare the results thereof. He shall give notice of the time and place thereof for at least three weeks in some newspaper published in the county and by posting notices thereof in at least three public places within the proposed district for the same length of time. At such election only the qualified electors residing within the district shall be allowed to vote, according to the laws of general elections. They shall vote "Yes" or "No" on the question of establishing such special police district and at the same election they shall vote on the election of three commissioners to hold office, in the event a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of establishing such district, for terms of two, four and six years and until their successors are elected and qualified, their successors, however, to have terms of office of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Thereafter a commissioner shall be elected at the time of each State biennial election.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-303; 1952 Code Section 53-303; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-40. Organization; vacancies; compensation.

As soon as practicable after the election, if a majority of the votes cast be in favor of establishing such district, the commissioners shall meet and organize as the board of commissioners of such special police district and they shall draw, by lot, the commissioners who shall hold office for the two, four and six year terms respectively. At the organization meeting and following the election of any commissioner thereafter they shall elect one of their number as chairman and another as secretary who shall keep a record of the deliberations of the board. In the event of any vacancy on the commission the remaining members of the commission shall elect a commissioner to fill the unexpired term. They shall serve without compensation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-304; 1952 Code Section 53-304; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-50. Board as body politic; rights, privileges and duties.

The board of commissioners of any such special district shall be a body politic and shall exercise the rights, privileges and duties of such as herein further defined.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-305; 1952 Code Section 53-305; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-60. Recommendation of personnel for police duty in district.

The board of commissioners may recommend to the sheriff of the county the personnel for police duty within the district and fix the salaries therefor or it may recommend the discharge of any thereof. Upon such recommendation to him the sheriff may commission the person or persons so recommended as a special deputy sheriff or deputies, but if any person recommended be unsatisfactory to him the sheriff may request the board of commissioners to name others until satisfactory ones are agreed upon.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-306; 1952 Code Section 53-306; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-70. Bond of deputy sheriffs for district.

No person shall be commissioned as a deputy sheriff under the provisions of this chapter until he shall have furnished sufficient bond with surety, to be approved by the sheriff and filed as other such bonds are filed, for the faithful performance of his duties as special deputy sheriff, the cost of such bond to be paid by the district. There shall be no liability upon the sheriff or his bond for any act of any deputy commissioned under the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-307; 1952 Code Section 53-307; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-80. Powers and duties of deputies.

The deputies so commissioned shall assume the general duties of law-enforcement officers within the district to which they are appointed and as such officers they shall have the same power and authority as to offenses committed within the district as deputy sheriffs have within the county. Persons arrested by a special deputy sheriff commissioned under the provisions of this chapter may be carried by such arresting officer before any magistrate in the county having jurisdiction over the district and there be charged for the offense and the cases shall be disposed of as provided by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-308; 1952 Code Section 53-308; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-90. Budget and description of district.

To meet the expenses for such special deputy sheriffs in any such special district, the board of commissioners of the district shall each year before the levying of taxes make up a budget or estimate for their district which shall give the estimated expenses for the succeeding year and shall submit it to the county auditor for approval. They shall also provide the county auditor with an adequate description of the special police district, either by reference to maps or plats filed or recorded in the records of the county or by designated boundaries of sufficient certainty to enable the county auditor to levy upon the property therein, and, if requested, they may assist the county auditor in listing the property within such district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-309; 1952 Code Section 53-309; 1948 (45) 1790.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 23 - Law Enforcement and Public Safety › Chapter 27 - Police Districts In Unincorporated Communities › Section 23-27-100. Levy of taxes; disposition of funds collected.

Upon receipt of the budget submitted by the commission, the county auditor shall levy taxes upon all the assessable property in the district to meet the expenses thereof as herein authorized and upon the collection of such taxes by the county treasurer, they shall be disbursed by the treasurer upon the approval of the commissioners of the district for the purposes herein stated. All taxes so levied for such special district shall be kept separate on the assessment roll from other levies and moneys so collected and shall be kept in a separate fund for such district and any surplus that may occur in any one year shall be carried forward and applied to the next year's account and be properly considered in the budget for the expenses of such district for the ensuing year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 53-310; 1952 Code Section 53-310; 1948 (45) 1790.