Table 29
SOUTH CAROLINA
Full-time Law Enforcement Employees
by State, Tribal, and Other Agencies, 2016
| State/Tribal/Other | Agency | Unit/Office |
Total law enforcement employees |
Total officers |
Total civilians |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Agencies | Bureau of Protective Services | 69 | 64 | 5 | |
| Department of Mental Health | 135 | 92 | 43 | ||
| Department of Natural Resources: | Abbeville County | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| Aiken County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Allendale County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Anderson County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bamberg County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Barnwell County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Beaufort County | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Berkeley County | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Calhoun County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Charleston County | 28 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Cherokee County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Chester County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Clarendon County | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Colleton County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Darlington County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dillon County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Dorchester County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Edgefield County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Fairfield County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Florence County | 10 | 8 | 2 | ||
| Georgetown County | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Greenville County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Greenwood County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Hampton County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Horry County | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Jasper County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Kershaw County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Lancaster County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Laurens County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Lee County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Lexington County | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Marion County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Marlboro County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| McCormick County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Newberry County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oconee County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Orangeburg County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Pickens County | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Richland County | 84 | 44 | 40 | ||
| Saluda County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Spartanburg County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Sumter County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Union County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Williamsburg County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| York County | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Department of Public Safety | Illegal Immigration Enforcement Unit | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Forestry Commission: | Aiken County | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Anderson County | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Bamberg County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Barnwell County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Berkeley County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Colleton County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Darlington County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Fairfield County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Florence County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Georgetown County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Horry County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kershaw County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lexington County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Marlboro County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Newberry County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oconee County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Pickens County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Richland County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Spartanburg County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Sumter County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Williamsburg County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Highway Patrol: | Abbeville County | 8 | 8 | 0 | |
| Aiken County | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Allendale County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Anderson County | 33 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Bamberg County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Barnwell County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beaufort County | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Berkeley County | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Calhoun County | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Charleston County | 46 | 21 | 25 | ||
| Cherokee County | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chester County | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield County | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Clarendon County | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Colleton County | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Darlington County | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Dillon County | 14 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Dorchester County | 27 | 25 | 2 | ||
| Edgefield County | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Fairfield County | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Florence County | 64 | 36 | 28 | ||
| Georgetown County | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Greenville County | 99 | 73 | 26 | ||
| Greenwood County | 30 | 28 | 2 | ||
| Hampton County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Horry County | 44 | 44 | 0 | ||
| Jasper County | 10 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Kershaw County | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lancaster County | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Laurens County | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Lee County | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Lexington County | 30 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Marion County | 15 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Marlboro County | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| McCormick County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Newberry County | 11 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Oconee County | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Orangeburg County | 20 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Pickens County | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Richland County | 481 | 264 | 217 | ||
| Saluda County | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Spartanburg County | 39 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Sumter County | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Union County | 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Williamsburg County | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||
| York County | 41 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Santee Cooper | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||
| South Carolina Division of Public Railways | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| State Museum | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| State Ports Authority | 49 | 29 | 20 | ||
| State Transport Police: | Abbeville County | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Aiken County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Allendale County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Anderson County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Beaufort County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Charleston County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Chesterfield County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Colleton County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Darlington County | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Dorchester County | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Edgefield County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Florence County | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Greenville County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greenwood County | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Hampton County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kershaw County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Laurens County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lexington County | 12 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Newberry County | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oconee County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Orangeburg County | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Pickens County | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Richland County | 26 | 8 | 18 | ||
| Saluda County | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Spartanburg County | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Sumter County | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| York County | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
| United States Department of Energy | Savannah River Plant | 54 | 42 | 12 | |
| Other Agencies | 15th Circuit Drug Enforcement Unit | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Charleston County Aviation Authority | 55 | 34 | 21 | ||
| Columbia Metropolitan Airport | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Greenville Hospital: | Greenville | 27 | 27 | 0 | |
| Laurens | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Oconee | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport | 20 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Lexington County Medical Center | 63 | 25 | 38 |
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