South Carolina
South Carolina's 46 sheriffs are constitutional officers (S.C. Const. Art. V § 24). No state statute mandates or enables county civilian oversight. Richland County's Citizens' Advisory Council is sheriff-administered with no ordinance basis. House Bill 3668 (2021) would have required civilian review boards for sheriffs and campus police but died in House Judiciary.
Counties
| # | County | Oversight body | LE capability | Independence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No oversight body established | ||||
| 01 | Abbeville | — | — | — |
| 02 | Aiken | — | — | — |
| 03 | Allendale | — | — | — |
| 04 | Anderson | — | — | — |
| 05 | Bamberg | — | — | — |
| 06 | Barnwell | — | — | — |
| 07 | Beaufort | — | — | — |
| 08 | Berkeley | — | — | — |
| 09 | Calhoun | — | — | — |
| 10 | Charleston | — | — | — |
| 11 | Cherokee | — | — | — |
| 12 | Chester | — | — | — |
| 13 | Chesterfield | — | — | — |
| 14 | Clarendon | — | — | — |
| 15 | Colleton | — | — | — |
| 16 | Darlington | — | — | — |
| 17 | Dillon | — | — | — |
| 18 | Dorchester | — | — | — |
| 19 | Edgefield | — | — | — |
| 20 | Fairfield | — | — | — |
| 21 | Florence | — | — | — |
| 22 | Georgetown | — | — | — |
| 23 | Greenville | — | — | — |
| 24 | Greenwood | — | — | — |
| 25 | Hampton | — | — | — |
| 26 | Horry | — | — | — |
| 27 | Jasper | — | — | — |
| 28 | Kershaw | — | — | — |
| 29 | Lancaster | — | — | — |
| 30 | Laurens | — | — | — |
| 31 | Lee | — | — | — |
| 32 | Lexington | — | — | — |
| 33 | Marion | — | — | — |
| 34 | Marlboro | — | — | — |
| 35 | McCormick | — | — | — |
| 36 | Newberry | — | — | — |
| 37 | Oconee | — | — | — |
| 38 | Orangeburg | — | — | — |
| 39 | Pickens | — | — | — |
| 40 | Richland | — | — | — |
| 41 | Saluda | — | — | — |
| 42 | Spartanburg | — | — | — |
| 43 | Sumter | — | — | — |
| 44 | Union | — | — | — |
| 45 | Williamsburg | — | — | — |
| 46 | York | — | — | — |