Volume #2, Issue #12

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SHOWCASED POLICE STATIONS

FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

GREER POLICE DEPARTMENT

  • Department:  Greer
  • Category / Size: Police Department / Small 
  • Address:tree 102 S Main Street
  • Telephone: 864-848-21511 
  • Website: https://www.cityofgreer.org/o/police  
  • Email: Refer to Website
  • Facebook Page: Greer Police Department  
  • Jurisdiction Population 42,000  
  • Jurisdiction Square Mile: 25.56 
  • Number of Sworn: 68  
  • Number of Sworn Females: Unknown   
  • Chief: Matt Hamby
  • Annual Budget: Over $11,000,000.00  
  • Accreditation: CALEA
  • Officers EOW: 1 > Officer Willis T. Foster, July 2, 1904, Gunfire
  • Department Formed: 1903  

Oconee County Sheriff’s Office

  • Department: Oconee County 
  • Category / Size: Sheriff’s Office / Medium
  • Address: 300 S Church Street, Walhalla
  • Telephone: 864-638-4111
  • Website: oconeelaw.com  
  • Email: Refer to Website
  • Facebook Page: Oconee Sheriff’s Office  
  • Jurisdiction Population: 80,185
  • Jurisdiction Square Mile: 674
  • Number of Sworn: 115
  • Number of Sworn Females: 14 ( 12% )
  • Sheriff: Mike Crenshaw
  • Annual Budget: 2023 > $16,793,397.00  
  • Accreditation: South Carolina Law Enforcement Accreditation
  • Officer’s EOW: 2 > Officer William H. Talley, October 12, 1928, Assault; > Deputy William Frederick Schuck, III, February 7, 2010, Struck By Vehicle
  • Department Formed: The County and Sheriff’s Office was formed in 1868

Seneca Police Department

  • Department: Seneca
  • Category / Size: Police Department / Small
  • Address:  205 N.Depot Street
  • Telephone: 864-885-2438 
  • Website: https://www.senecapd.com  
  • Email: info@senecapd.com
  • Facebook Page: Seneca Police Department  
  • Jurisdiction Population: 9,107   
  • Jurisdiction Square Mile: 8.29 
  • Number of Sworn: 32  
  • Number of Sworn Females: 2 ( 6% )   
  • Chief: Carey Bowling
  • Annual Budget: 2022 > $3,762,528
  • Accreditation: None
  • Officer’s EOW: None
  • Department Formed: 1908

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– JUDICIAL

A selection of Law Enforcement related cases HEARD by the Supreme Court of South Carolina from February to May 2024.

SC – Supreme Court > February 6, 2024, # 2022-001280 > Freddie Eugene Owens, Brad Keith Simon, Gary DuBouse Terry, & Richard Bernard Moore, Respondents-Appllellants,, v. Bryan P. Stirling, in his official capacity as the Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; South Carolina Department of Corrections; and Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Appellants-Respondents. >  In this cross-appeal, the Court reviews an order finding the firing squad and the electric chair, two of South Carolina’s methods of imposing the death penalty under S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-530 (Supp. 2023), are unconstitutional.
SC – Supreme Court > February 7, 2024, # 2023-000571 > The State, Petitioner, v. Adam Rowell, Petitioner. >  The case involves the whether the Trial Court erred by refusing a Motion before for a new trial request.
SC – Supreme Court > March 27, 2024, # 2023-000914 > The State, Petitioner, v. Richard Kenneth Galloway, Petitioner. >  The case involves the Petitioner’s claim that the Trial Court erred on three counts –   1. Excluding expert testimony, 2. Allowing testimony in violation of 404(b), SCRE,  3. Permitting testimony about the contents of a letter.
SC – Supreme Court > April 16, 2024, # 2023-000850 > The State, Petitioner, v. Gabrielle Olive Lashane Davis-Kocsis, Petitioner.  > The case involves the Petitioner’s claim that the Court Appeals erred on two counts –  1. Sentencing,  2. Permitting a 911 call into evidence contrary to law.
SC – Supreme Court > May 1, 2024, # 2023-001131 > The State, Petitioner, v. Devin Jamel Johnson, Respondent.  >  The case involves the SC Court of Appeals reversing a Trial Courts Murder conviction.  The Appeals Court found the Trial Court erred in the charing of the jury on an issue of accomplice liability.

– LEGISLATIVE

Six New 2024 Law Enforcement Related Acts Passed ( Wording Copied Directly From South Carolina State Laws Website (https://www.scstatehouse.gov/listofacts.ph )

> Act 109 Summary: Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 23-3-80 SO AS TO CREATE THE “ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT UNIT” WITHIN THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, TO PROVIDE FOR ITS ADMINISTRATION AND DUTIES, AND TO REQUIRE IT TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENCY; AND BY REPEALING SECTION 23-6-60 AND CHAPTER 30 OF TITLE 8 RELATING TO THE CREATION OF THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT UNIT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE RECORDING AND REPORTING OF IMMIGRATION LAW VIOLATIONS. – RATIFIED TITLE

> Act 111 Summary: Constitutional Carry

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ENACTING THE “SOUTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY/SECOND AMENDMENT PRESERVATION ACT OF 2024” BY AMENDING SECTION 10-11-320, RELATING TO CARRYING OR DISCHARGING FIREARMS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR CONCEALABLE WEAPONS PERMIT HOLDERS, SO AS TO DELETE A PROVISION THAT MAKES THIS SECTION INAPPLICABLE TO PERSONS WHO POSSESS CONCEALABLE WEAPONS PERMITS AND TO PROVIDE THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO PERSONS WHO POSSESS FIREARMS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-20, RELATING TO UNLAWFUL CARRYING OF HANDGUNS, SO AS TO REVISE THE PLACES WHERE AND CIRCUMSTANCES UPON WHICH HANDGUNS AND FIREARMS MAY BE CARRIED, AND PERSONS WHO MAY CARRY HANDGUNS AND FIREARMS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-50, RELATING TO CERTAIN PENALTIES, DISPOSITION OF FINES, AND FORFEITURE AND DISPOSITION OF HANDGUNS, SO AS TO PROVIDE GRADUATED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS SECTION; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-55, RELATING TO PROCEDURES FOR RETURNING FOUND HANDGUNS, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION RELATING TO FILING APPLICATIONS TO OBTAIN FOUND HANDGUNS, AND PROVIDE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO MAINTAIN POSSESSION OR DISPOSE OF FOUND HANDGUNS; BY AMENDING SECTION 16-23-420, RELATING TO POSSESSION OF FIREARMS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY, SO AS TO DELETE THE PROVISION THAT EXEMPTS PERSONS WHO POSSESS CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS FROM THIS PROVISION, AND TO ……… READ MORE

> Act 119 Summary: Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Species

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 50-15-100 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE RELEASE OF RECORDS REGARDING THE OCCURRENCE OF RARE, THREATENED, ENDANGERED, OR IMPERILED PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. – RATIFIED TITLE

> Act 130 Summary: Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 56-1-286, RELATING TO THE SUSPENSION OF LICENSES OR PERMITS OR THE DENIAL OF ISSUANCE OF LICENSES OR PERMITS TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE WHO DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES WITH A CERTAIN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, TO PROVIDE PERSONS, AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF NOTICES OF SUSPENSIONS, MAY ENROLL IN THE IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE THE PERIOD OF TIME THE IGNITION INTERLOCK MUST BE MAINTAINED ON TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSES, TO PROVIDE THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHEN PERSONS CAN OBTAIN TEMPORARY ALCOHOL LICENSES WITHOUT INTERLOCK RESTRICTIONS, AND TO PROVIDE, IF SUSPENSIONS ARE UPHELD, THE PERSONS MUST ENROLL IN THE IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 56-5-2951, RELATING TO SUSPENSIONS OF LICENSES FOR THE REFUSAL TO SUBMIT TO TESTING OR FOR CERTAIN ALCOHOL CONCENTRATIONS, SO AS TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES, TO PROVIDE PERSONS MAY ENROLL IN THE IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF THE NOTICES OF SUSPENSION, TO PROVIDE FEES ASSESSED UNDER THIS PROVISION MUST BE HELD IN TRUST UNTIL THE FINAL DISPOSITIONS OF CONTESTED HEARINGS, TO PROVIDE IF SUSPENSIONS ARE UPHELD AT CONTESTED HEARINGS, THE PERSONS MUST ENROLL IN THE IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE PROGRAM, AND TO PROVIDE IF THE SUSPENSIONS ARE OVERTURNED, THE FEES MUST BE REIMBURSED TO THE PERSONS AND THEIR DRIVING PRIVILEGES MUST BE REINSTATED. – RATIFIED TITLE

> Act 138 Summary: Antisemitism

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING ARTICLE 27 TO CHAPTER 1, TITLE 1 SO AS TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK IN WHICH ANTISEMITISM IS CONSIDERED REGARDING ALL LAWS PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATORY ACTS. – RATIFIED TITLE

> Act 142 Summary: Veterans, Unclaimed Remains

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTIONS 25-12-10, 25-12-30, AND 25-12-50, ALL RELATING TO THE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED HUMAN REMAINS OF A DECEASED VETERAN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 12, TITLE 25 ALSO APPLY TO THE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED HUMAN REMAINS OF A DECEASED VETERAN AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 12, TITLE 25 ARE MANDATORY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 17-5-590, RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF UNIDENTIFIED DEAD BODIES, SO AS TO REQUIRE CORONERS TO RELEASE CERTAIN HUMAN REMAINS THAT HAVE BEEN DETERMINED TO BE THOSE OF AN UNCLAIMED DECEASED VETERAN TO A FUNERAL HOME, FUNERAL ESTABLISHMENT, OR MORTUARY FOR DISPOSITION PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 12, TITLE 25. – RATIFIED TITLE

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