Mount Pleasant Police Department (South Carolina)
| Mount Pleasant Police Department (South Carolina) | |
| Motto | Knowledge, Courage, Integrity |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1837 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Legal jurisdiction | Municipal |
| General nature |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 100 Ann Edwards Lane |
| Sworn members | 130 |
| Unsworn members | 13 |
| Agency executive | Carl Ritchie, Chief of Police |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 4 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Mount Pleasant Police Department is the municipal level police agency of the Town of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. The department has approximately 130 sworn officers and 13 civilian employees.[1]
Accreditation
The Department is a nationally accredited agency, sanctioned by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies. In 2006, the department was a CALEA Flagship Award recipient.[2]
Community Oriented Policing
The Department has adopted the Community Oriented Policing policy, which requires officers to communicate with citizens to identify problems and develop solutions in order to resolve the issue at hand.
Field Operation Divisions
Uniform Patrol
The Uniform Patrol division is the largest division and is divided into two precincts of three teams each that work in rotating shifts to provide twenty-four hour service to the community. The Town of Mount Pleasant is divided into 7 distinct patrol neighborhoods. Each patrol neighborhood is assigned to a specific officer on each team for a period of nine months. Officers are responsible for providing service to the community in their assigned neighborhoods during their shift. Each patrol team consists of a Sergeant, Corporal, two Field Training Officers, and a number of patrol officers. Both precincts consists of two Lieutenants who are responsible for the day to day operations of Uniform Patrol.
Traffic Services
The Traffic Services division is a team of sworn officers who have undergone specialized training in traffic management as well as collision reconstruction. The main responsibility of the traffic division is to enforce traffic laws in an effort to prevent collisions and "promote public safety" throughout the town. Traffic Officers are responsible for working collisions, both minor and serious, as well as working hand in hand with Community Service Officers to assist with funeral escorts and special events that require traffic direction.
Community Service Officers
The CSO division is a team of non-sworn officers who handle service calls where a sworn officer is not needed. These civilian officers take reports and assist with traffic direction in situations where immediate law enforcement is not necessary, as well as assist Traffic and Patrol officers with handling collisions.
Animal Control
The ACO division is a team of non-sworn officers who handle service calls involving animals. These civilian officers are responsible for the investigations involving possible animal neglect and cruelty.
Criminal Investigation Bureau
CIB is the support services division responsible for the additional investigation of ongoing cases. CIB is further divided into two sub-divisions; Detectives who investigate crimes against people, and detectives who investigate crimes against property.
Crime Prevention
Crime Prevention is the division responsible for the coordination of activities that educate the community on the prevention of crimes and how to help reduce the number of opportunities for a crime to occur.
Canine Unit
The Canine Unit (K9) is a sworn officer from the traffic services division who has undergone the additional training to become certified in handling the department's single canine tracker.
Waterfront Park
The Waterfront Park officers are responsible for covering Mount Pleasant's Waterfront Park at the base of the Ravenel Bridge. Uniformed patrol officers patrol the area to assist with calls and citizens during working park hours.
Marine Patrol
The Marine Patrol division is a team of officers from the uniform patrol division who have received the specialized training to patrol the waterways in the area. Officers in the Marine Patrol division work on rotating shifts and must be certified by The United States Coast Guard and The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Special Weapons and Tactics Team
The SWAT division is a team of officers who handle high-risk or potentially high-risk situations. Enrollment to SWAT is strictly voluntary and each officer must complete the additional training before he/she is allowed to respond to a call-out. The SWAT team provides 24/7 "on-call" service and must be prepared to respond to any area in the town within thirty minutes after a call-out.
Community Action Team
The CAT division is a team of sworn officers who work directly with the Uniform Patrol Division and provide additional manpower to conduct bike/foot patrol, surveillance and covert operations as requested.
Fallen officers
| Officer | Date of Death | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Officer Vaughn Edward Kee | Friday, December 13, 1985 | Automobile; Drunk Driver |
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Coordinates: 32°48′05″N 79°53′23″W / 32.80148°N 79.88965°W