S.C. Code Regs. 73-413 - State Uniform Traffic Summons Tickets; Private Security

1. Private security officers may not possess or issue State Uniform Traffic Summons tickets except as approved by SLED and the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. No such approval will attend unless the owner or designee of the owner of the private property involved is in compliance with the following procedure:

A. The owner or designee of the owner of the property being patrolled must be in compliance with the provisions of Article 45, Chapter 5, Title 56, South Carolina Code of Laws, concerning regulation of traffic on private roads;

B. The owner or designee of the owner of the property being patrolled must submit to SLED documentation of compliance with all requirements of law concerning enforcement of State traffic laws on private roads and must have written approval of SLED and the South Carolina Department of Public Safety to possess and issue State Uniform Traffic Summons tickets on the private property.

C. The licensee of the private security business must have written approval from SLED for use of blue lights on security company vehicles on the property.

2. State Uniform Traffic Summons tickets used pursuant to this authority may not be issued for any offense if such issuance is not in compliance with provisions of South Carolina Code Section 56-5-6310, South Carolina Code Section 56-7-10, and South Carolina Code Section 56-7-15.

3. Private security officers authorized by their employing entity to issue State Uniform Traffic Summons tickets must receive training by their employer sufficient to ensure proper knowledge of the lawful use of such tickets.

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S.C. Code Regs. 73-413

Added by State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 6, eff June 23, 2006.