South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 38 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 9 - IN-CAR CAMERA VIDEOTAPING EQUIPMENT
Section 38-901 - Installation and Maintenance of Videotaping Equipment in Traffic Enforcement Vehicles
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. Regulations in this Article apply to videotaping equipment installed pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. 56-5-2953 and to videotaping equipment purchased with funds collected under S.C. Code Ann. 56-1-286 and S.C. Code Ann. 56-5-2951 for the purpose of supplying and maintaining vehicle videotaping equipment to the Department, as well as all grant funds received by the Department for the purchase and maintenance of such equipment.
B. Videotaping equipment purchased with the funds identified in State Regulation Regulation 38-901(A)will be installed in law enforcement vehicles used for traffic enforcement in a manner determined solely by the Department. The Department will prioritize distribution of videotaping equipment based on a county's DUI activity, and must distribute the equipment in a manner designed to ensure that the equipment goes first to those law enforcement agencies that have the highest volume of DUI enforcement activity. The Department must recommend to individual law enforcement agencies that officers who have the highest number of DUI arrests be given priority for receipt of the videotaping equipment.
C. The Department will establish procedures for use in designated service centers to install, maintain, or modify the videotaping equipment. These designated service centers, specified by the Department, will solely be responsible to the actual work of installing, maintaining, and modifying the videotaping equipment. Each agency receiving videotaping equipment under this Article is responsible for insuring that required maintenance of the videotaping equipment is conducted in a prompt and timely fashion.
D. At the time of installation, the Department will provide one case of videotapes with each camera to the agency receiving the videotaping equipment. No other tapes will be provided to the agency under this Article.
E. Each designated service center must maintain records required by the Department detailing the history of the service and/or repair of each piece of videotaping equipment.
