Any municipality may appoint or elect as many police officers, regular or special, as may be necessary for the proper law enforcement in such municipality and fix their salaries and prescribe their duties.
Police officers shall be vested with all the powers and duties conferred by law upon constables, in addition to the special duties imposed upon them by the municipality.
Any such police officers shall exercise their powers on all private and public property within the corporate limits of the municipality and on all property owned or controlled by the municipality wheresoever situated; provided, that the municipality may contract with any public utility, agency or with any private business to provide police protection beyond the corporate limits. Should the municipality provide police protection beyond its corporate limits by contract, the legal description of the area to be served shall be filed with the State Law Enforcement Division, the office of the county sheriff and the Department of Public Safety.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 47-40; 1975 (59) 692; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 62.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 5 - Municipal Corporations
Section 5-7-10. Scope of chapter.
Section 5-7-20. Form and effect of corporate name of municipality.
Section 5-7-30. Powers conferred upon municipalities; surtax for parking spaces.
Section 5-7-32. Municipal code enforcement officers; appointment; powers and duties.
Section 5-7-40. Ownership and disposition of property by municipalities.
Section 5-7-50. Municipalities' acquisition of land, easement or right-of-way by condemnation.
Section 5-7-80. Ordinances relating to upkeep of property within municipality.
Section 5-7-130. Conflict of interests of municipal officer or employee.
Section 5-7-145. Lifeguard and safety services provided by coastal municipalities.
Section 5-7-160. Powers of municipality vested in council; quorum.
Section 5-7-190. Mayor pro tempore elected from council membership.
Section 5-7-220. Appointment and duties of municipal clerk.
Section 5-7-230. Appointment or election of municipal attorney and judge of municipal court.
Section 5-7-260. Acts of municipal council which are required to be done by ordinance.
Section 5-7-270. Form and procedures for introducing and passing ordinances.
Section 5-7-280. Adoption of standard codes or technical regulations in ordinances.
Section 5-7-290. Municipal ordinances to be codified; public inspection.
Section 5-7-300. Collection of delinquent ad valorem property taxes by municipalities.
Section 5-7-310. Provisions of Section 4-9-55 apply to general laws which affect municipalities.