{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-19-240","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-19-240","heading":"Employees shall be removable only for cause; suspension pending investigation.","body":"No officer or employee of the fire or police department, including the chiefs thereof, shall be dismissed, removed, or discharged except for cause. But the commission may suspend any officer or employee pending an investigation of charges against him not to exceed fifteen days at any one time.","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 19 Civil Service Commissions","ARTICLE 3 In Other Cities of Certain Population"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:23:09Z","sha256":"4f8e334862ef08bf8133465ecda24c592da90376cb9196a5ac3c804f728df369","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-19-230","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-19-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}