{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-1-245","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 23-1-245","heading":"Quotas prohibited; definitions.","body":"(A) A law enforcement agency, department, or division may not require a law enforcement officer employed by the agency, department, or division to issue a specific amount or meet a quota for the number of citations he issues during a designated period of time.\n(B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a law enforcement agency, department, or division from evaluating an officer's performance based on the officer's points of contact.\n(C) An employee of a law enforcement agency, department, or division who files a report with an appropriate authority alleging a violation of the provisions contained in this section is protected by the provisions contained in Chapter 27, Title 8.\n(D) As contained in this section:\n(1) \"law enforcement agency, department, or division\" includes, but is not limited to, municipal police departments, sheriff departments, the Highway Patrol, SLED, and other agencies that enforce state and local laws;\n(2) \"quota\" means a fixed or predetermined amount;\n(3) \"points of contact\" means a law enforcement officer's interaction with citizens and businesses within their jurisdictions and the law enforcement officer's involvement in community-oriented initiatives.","path":["Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c001.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:49:39Z","sha256":"49d83fc8f9d9a28a34e00536c99be8eed32f24a75a1c699f1278b7e85b51d3a6","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-1-240","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-1-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}