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| South Carolina Highway Patrol | |
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 Patch of South Carolina Highway Patrol | |
| Abbreviation | SCHP |
| Motto | Courtesy-Efficiency-Service |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1930 |
| Employees | 1100+ (as of 2008) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | South Carolina, USA |
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| SCHP Troop Map | |
| Size | 32,020 square miles (82,900 km2) |
| Population | 5,118,425[1] |
| Legal jurisdiction | Statewide |
| Governing body | South Carolina Department of Public Safety |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Blythewood, South Carolina |
| Troopers | 955 (as of 2008)[2] |
| Civilian members | 180 (as of 2004)[3] |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | South Carolina Department of Public Safety |
| Special Units | ACE/Motorcycle/K9 MAIT CERT Insurance Enforcement |
| Facilities | |
| Troops | 7 |
| Website | |
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The South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP) is the highway patrol agency for South Carolina, which has jurisdiction anywhere in the state except for federal or military installations. The Highway Patrol was created in 1930 and is an organization with a rank structure similar to the armed forces.[4] The mission of the South Carolina Highway Patrol includes enforcing the rules and regulations in order to ensure road way safety and reducing crime as outlined by South Carolina law. The Highway Patrol is the largest division of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety and its headquarters is located in Blythewood. This department also includes the South Carolina State Transport Police Division, and the South Carolina Bureau of Protective Services.
The Highway Patrol has many responsibilities. The primary job of the rank and file trooper is traffic law enforcement. This includes traffic collision investigation, issuing warning tickets and citations for traffic violations, and finding, arresting, and processing impaired drivers. A state trooper is a sworn peace officer, and although their primary duty is traffic enforcement, they can perform other law enforcement functions.
- ^ https://data.census.gov/profile/South_Carolina?g=040XX00US45 [bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-01-18. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ USDOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics Census of Law Enforcement Agencies Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "SCDPS.gov Redirect Notice". Afc5102.scdps.gov. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.