South Carolina § 23-23-50 - Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence requirement; guidelines for exemptions.
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§ 23-23-50. Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence requirement; guidelines for exemptions.
(A) A law enforcement officer who is Class 1-LE certified in this State is required to complete Continuing Law Enforcement Education Credits (CLEEC) in domestic violence each year of a three-year recertification period. The number of required annual CLEEC hours in domestic violence shall be determined by the council but must be included in the forty CLEEC hours required over the three-year recertification period. The training must be provided or approved by the academy and must include, but is not limited to, the following curriculum: responding to crime scenes, Fourth Amendment issues, incident report writing, mutual restraining orders, orders of protection, determining primary aggressors, dual arrests, victim and offender dynamics, victims' resources, victims' rights issues, interviewing techniques, criminal domestic violence courts, victimless prosecution, offender treatment programs, and recognizing special needs populations.
(B) The council shall develop guidelines to provide for an exemption from the requirement of certain Class 1-LE certified law enforcement officers whose job responsibilities may not include responding to domestic violence cases from completing CLEEC hours in domestic violence each year. The request for an exemption must be made by the chief executive officer of the law enforcement officer's employing agency. A waiver or exemption from domestic violence training must not reduce the forty CLEEC hours required over the three-year period.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 317, SECTION 1, eff May 30, 2006; 2014 Act No. 225 (H.3958), SECTION 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 225, SECTION 1, twice substituted "council" for "Law Enforcement Training Council", and substituted "academy" for "South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy".
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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