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  • 08-04-2010, 06:41 PM
    Softtouch
    How to Get a Police Report in South Carolina
    If you want to get a police report on someone that has commited a crime can you even though you are not the victim or perpitrator? This question pertains to SC.
  • 08-04-2010, 08:40 PM
    Mr. Knowitall
    Re: Police Report in Sc
    You can read the state's FOIA law here, esp. Sections 30-4-50(A)(8) and 30-4-40(a)(3).
    Quote:

    Quoting South Carolina Statutes, Sec. 30-4-50(A)(8)
    (A) Without limiting the meaning of other sections of this chapter, the following categories of information are specifically made public information subject to the restrictions and limitations of Sections 30 4 20, 30 4 40, and 30 4 70 of this chapter:
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    (8) reports which disclose the nature, substance, and location of any crime or alleged crime reported as having been committed. Where a report contains information exempt as otherwise provided by law, the law enforcement agency may delete that information from the report.

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    Quoting South Carolina Statutes, Sec. 30-4-40(a)(3)
    (a) A public body may but is not required to exempt from disclosure the following information:
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    (3) Records of law enforcement and public safety agencies not otherwise available by state and federal law that were compiled in the process of detecting and investigating crime if the disclosure of the information would harm the agency by:
    (A) disclosing identity of informants not otherwise known;

    (B) the premature release of information to be used in a prospective law enforcement action;

    (C) disclosing investigatory techniques not otherwise known outside the government;

    (D) by endangering the life, health, or property of any person; or

    (E) disclosing any contents of intercepted wire, oral, or electronic communications not otherwise disclosed during a trial.
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