South Carolina § 24-5-350 Duties of reserve detention officer; supervision.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 24-5-350 — Duties of reserve detention officer; supervision.

South Carolina § 24-5-350

Title 24CORRECTIONS, JAILS, PROBATIONS, PAROLES AND PARDONS

Ch. 5JAILS AND JAILERS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 24-5-350 (2026).

Text

A reserve shall serve and function as detention officer only on specific orders and directions of the director. To maintain status, a reserve shall perform a minimum logged service time of ten hours a month or thirty hours a quarter. No reserve detention officer shall perform any jailer or detention officer duties except under the direct supervision of a full-time detention officer. A reserve shall not assume full-time duties of detention officers without complying with the requirements for full-time detention officers. A department utilizing reserves shall have at least one full-time officer as a coordinator-supervisor who must be responsible directly to the director.

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A reserve shall serve and function as detention officer only on specific orders and directions of the director. To maintain status, a reserve shall perform a minimum logged service time of ten hours a month or thirty hours a quarter. No reserve detention officer shall perform any jailer or detention officer duties except under the direct supervision of a full-time detention officer. A reserve shall not assume full-time duties of detention officers without complying with the requirements for full-time detention officers. A department utilizing reserves shall have at least one full-time officer as a coordinator-supervisor who must be responsible directly to the director.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 62, SECTION 1; 2010 Act No. 237, SECTION 52, eff June 11, 2010. Effect of Amendment The 2010 amendment deleted "jailer or" and "jailers or" before "detention officer" and "detention officers" in four instances.