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The South Carolina Department of Public Safety is a law enforcement agency focusing on highway and public safety. DPS has three major operating divisions: the Highway Patrol , State Transport Police, and Bureau of Protective Services, as well as the Office of Highway Safety, Office of Justice Programs, and SC Law Enforcement Officer’s Hall of Fame.
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Highway Patrol Agency Website Archive
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South Carolina traffic collision fact book 2021 edition
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-06-01)Each year the South Carolina Department of Public Safety produces a report with information and statewide statistical data regarding traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries. -
FFY 2024 Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-04-21)The South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs has been designated as the State Administrative Agency of the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP) for the state of ... -
FFY 2024 juvenile justice Title II formula grant solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-02-06)The purpose of the Formula Grant Program is to assist states and units of local government in carrying out specific programs which offer a high probability of improving the functioning of the juvenile justice system and ... -
FFY 2024 Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-02-08)The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina has been designated to receive funds for the Project Safe Neighborhoods grant program. This program is designed to fund innovative projects to reduce ... -
SFY 2023-2024 state-funded School Resource Officer Program solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-04)The purpose of the SRO Program is to fund full-time certified law enforcement officers to serve as SROs in schools that otherwise would lack the adequate resources to hire their own SROs. SRO Program funds may be used to ... -
South Carolina fatality and serious injury statistics
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-27)This PowerPoint presentation gives statistics on traffic fatalities and injuries in South Carolina. -
FFY 2024 Justice Grant Programs grant solicitation workshop
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-26)This PowerPoint presentation explains the Justice Grant Program and how to apply for funding. -
FFY 2024 Highway Safety Grant Program grant solicitation workshop
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-26)This PowerPoint presentation explains the Highway Safety Grant Program and how to apply for funding. -
FFY 2024 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-27)The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the leading source of federal criminal justice funding to states and units of local government. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Office ... -
2023 Body Armor Assistance Grant Program solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-26)The South Carolina General Assembly has designated non-recurring state funds for the purpose of providing financial assistance to local units of government for the purchase of body armor for its law enforcement officers. ... -
State-funded School Resource Officer (SRO) Program 2023 SRO Program open solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-06)This PowerPoint presentation explains the South Carolina School Resource Officer Program and how a school or school district can apply for an officer for their school. -
FFY 2024 highway safety funding guidelines
(South Carolina State Library, 2023-01-19)The purpose of this manual, prepared by the Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, is to outline the specific criteria to be followed in the preparation of Highway ... -
2021 annual report
(South Carolina State Library, 2021)The Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs (OHSJP), a division of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS), is responsible for carrying out activities related to the ad-ministration of an effective ... -
The state of South Carolina highway safety plan Federal Fiscal Year 2023
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-07-01)This annual plan gives traffic related statistics and plans for making roads safer for South Carolinians. -
State-funded School Resource Officer Program open solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-10-01)The purpose of the SRO Program is to fund full-time certified law enforcement officers to serve as SROs in schools that otherwise would lack the adequate resources to hire their own SROs. SRO Program funds may be used to ... -
2022 accountability report
(South Carolina State Library, 2022)South Carolina laws require that each state agency publish and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly an annual accountability report that contains the agency's or department's mission, objectives to accomplish ... -
State-funded School Resource Officer (SRO) Program 2023 SRO Program open solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-09-29)This PowerPoint presentation explains the South Carolina School Resource Officer Program and how a school or school district can apply for an officer for their school. -
Fines and fees report/revenue object survey Fiscal Year 2022 revenue
(2022)This is the South Carolina Department of Public Safety's report for fine and fee revenue to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. -
South Carolina Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Program FFY 2023 CESF solicitation
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-03-09)The South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s Office of Highway Safety and Justice Programs has been designated by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance to administer South Carolina’s allocation ... -
South Carolina traffic collision fact book 2020 edition
(South Carolina State Library, 2022-06-16)Each year the South Carolina Department of Public Safety produces a report with information and statewide statistical data regarding traffic crashes, deaths, and injuries.
