{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-50-25","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 23-50-25","heading":"Duties of council.","body":"The council shall:\n(1) encourage, advise, and assist in the creation of crimestoppers organizations;\n(2) foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to report information about criminal acts;\n(3) encourage news and other media to broadcast reenactments and to inform the public of the functions of crimestoppers organizations' operations and programs;\n(4) promote the process of crimestoppers organizations to forward information about criminal acts to the appropriate law enforcement agencies;\n(5) help law enforcement agencies detect and combat crime by increasing the flow of information to and between law enforcement agencies;\n(6) approve applicants to become members of the council as crimestoppers organizations;\n(7) foster creation of crimestoppers organizations; and\n(8) certify crimestoppers organizations to receive reimbursed funds.","path":["Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 50 South Carolina Crimestoppers Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c050.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:52:04Z","sha256":"5a0edbd0406d273fc5b7c3fbf42dc77da28e841057cc18fce8afa2d5b938d7d3","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-50-20","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-50-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}