{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-390","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 63-19-390","heading":"Peace officers and constables.","body":"Juvenile correctional employees of the department, while performing their officially assigned duties relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of a juvenile offender within the jurisdiction of the department, and other employees of the department authorized by the director to perform similar functions as part of their official duties, have the status of peace officers anywhere in this State in a matter relating to the custody, control, transportation, or recapture of the juvenile. Employees of the department's Division of Public Safety, on proper training and certification from the Criminal Justice Academy and after having taken the oath of office prescribed by law and the Constitution of this State, must continue to be commissioned as state constables pursuant to Section 23-1-60.","path":["Title 63 - SOUTH CAROLINA CHILDREN'S CODE","CHAPTER 19 Juvenile Justice Code","ARTICLE 3 Department of Juvenile Justice"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t63c019.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:09:54Z","sha256":"a5d8559585c82149985cd5b88176b161120390241bc1a7afaed2c2562f0c0bc5","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-380","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-63-19-400"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}