S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-420 – Law Enforcement Training Advisory Council created; composition; terms; officers; meetings; procedures; no compensation; vacancies | Midpage
§ 23-6-420
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-420
Law Enforcement Training Advisory Council created; composition; terms; officers; meetings; procedures; no compensation; vacancies
(A) There is created a South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Advisory Council consisting of fifteen members:
(1) the Attorney General of South Carolina;
(2) the Chief of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division;
(3) the Director of the Department of Public Safety;
(4) the Director of the Department of Natural Resources;
(5) the Director of the Department of Corrections;
(6) the Director of the Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services;
(7) the Dean or Chairman of the University of South Carolina School or College of Criminal Justice;
(8) the special agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Columbia Division;
(9) one chief of police from a municipality having a population of less than ten thousand; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years;
(10) one chief of police from a municipality having a population of more than ten thousand; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years;
(11) one county sheriff engaged in full-time performance of duties as a law enforcement officer and from a county having a population of less than fifty thousand; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years;
(12) one county sheriff engaged in full-time performance of duties as a law enforcement officer and from a county having a population of more than fifty thousand; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years;
(13) one detention director who is responsible for the operation and management of a county or multi-jurisdictional jail; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years;
(14) one person employed in the administration of any municipality or holding a municipal elective office; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years; and
(15) one person employed in the administration of county government or elected to a county governing body; this person to be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years.
(B)
(1) The members provided for in (1) through (8) above are ex officio members with full voting rights.
(2) The members provided for in (9) through (15) above serve terms as provided in subsection (A). If a vacancy arises it must be filled for the remainder of the term in the manner of the original appointment or designation.
(C) The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall serve as chairman of the advisory council. The advisory council may elect another one of its members to serve as vice-chairman. The advisory council shall meet at the call of the chairman or at the call of a majority of the members of the advisory council, but no fewer than four times each year. The advisory council shall establish its own procedures with respect to quorum, place, and conduct of meetings.
(D) Members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation.
(E) An advisory council member who terminates his holding of the office or employment which qualified him for appointment shall cease immediately to be a member of the advisory council; the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall do so for the unexpired term of the member whom he succeeds.