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Sheriff's Department Sumter County
39% SCORE
Average for 4 Sections: 39%
Scores range from 0-100% comparing counties with 50-100k population. Counties with higher scores spend less on policing, use less force, are more likely to hold officers accountable and make fewer arrests for low-level offenses.
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| Police Funding: 31% | ||||
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| Police Budget Cost per Person | ||||
| Misconduct Settlements | ||||
| Fines/Forfeitures | ||||
| Police Presence/Over-Policing (Officers per Population) | ||||
| Police Violence: 55% | ||||
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| Force Used per Arrest | ||||
| Deadly Force per Arrest | ||||
| Unarmed Victims of Deadly Force per Arrest | ||||
| Racial Disparities in Deadly Force | ||||
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| Police Accountability: 6% | ||||
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| Misconduct Complaints Upheld | ||||
| Excessive Force Complaints Upheld | ||||
| Discrimination Complaints Upheld | ||||
| Criminal Misconduct Complaints Upheld | ||||
| Approach to Law Enforcement: 62% | ||||
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| Arrest Rate for Low Level Offenses | ||||
| Homicides Solved | ||||
| Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests | ||||
| Jail Incarceration Rate | ||||
| Jail Deaths per 1,000 | ||||
1 Killings by Police
Sumter County Sheriff Department killed 1 person from 2013-21.
6 civilian complaints of police misconduct
0% were ruled in favor of civilians from 2020.
15,743 arrests made
49% of all arrests were for low-level, non-violent offenses from 2013-21.
Section Score: 31% ▶-6%
Police Funding By Year
$21.69M | 67,204 Residents | $342 per Resident
More Police Funding per Capita than 81% of Depts
Source: US Census Bureau
Number of officers per 1k population
121 Officers | 18 per 10k Residents
More Officers per Population than 68% of Depts
Source: Federal LEOKA Database
Section Score: 55% ▶-17%
Police Shootings
More Police Shootings per Arrest than 43% of Depts
5 Shootings | 3.2 every 100k arrests
Deadly Force
1 Killings by Police from 2013-21 | 0.6 every 10k arrests
^ More Killings by Police per Arrest than 32% of Depts
Source: Mapping Police Violence
Deadly Force by Armed Status
N/A Unarmed | N/A Did Not Allegedly Have a Gun
Unarmed Other Alleged Gun Vehicle
^ More Unarmed People Killed per Arrest than N/A of Depts
Police Violence by Race
Black Latinx N.Am API Other White
Population of Sumter County
46%
45%
Sumter County Sheriff's Dept Demographics
42%
55%
People Arrested
64%
33%
People Killed
100%
Source: Uniform Crime Report, Mapping Police Violence, LEMAS
Section Score: 6% ▶-26%
Total civilian complaints
6 from 2020 | 0% Ruled in Favor of Civilians
Complaints Not Sustained Complaints Sustained
Use of Force Complaints
25 Reported | 0% Ruled in Favor of Civilians
Section Score: 62% ▶+5%
Source: Uniform Crime Report
Arrests By Year
15,743 Arrests Reported from 2013-2021
Low Level Arrests Other Arrests
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Arrests for Low Level Offenses
7,764 Arrests | 14 per 1k residents
^ Higher Arrest Rate for Low Level Offenses than 52% of Depts
Disparities in Arrests for Low Level Offenses by Race/Ethnicity
Black people were 2x more likely and Latinx people were 0.9x more likely to be arrested for low level, non-violent offenses than a white person.
Black Latinx White
Percent of total arrests by type
All Arrests for Low Level Offenses ( 49% )
Drug Possession ( 20% )
Violent Crime ( 7% )
Homicides Unsolved
43 Homicides from 2013-21 | 5 Unsolved
^ Solved Fewer Homicides than 70% of Depts
Percent of Homicides Unsolved by Race
Homicides of Black Victims Unsolved ( 15% )
Homicides of White Victims Unsolved ( 9% )
Rankings are based upon a 0 to 100 percentage scale. Departments with higher scores use less force, make fewer arrests for low level offenses, solve murder cases more often, hold officers more accountable and spend less on policing overall.
Overall Scores for Depts where We Have Obtained the Most Data.
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0-29% 30-59% 60-69% 70-79% 80-89% 90-100% Incomplete
| Sheriff's Department | Score | 5YR |
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| 21. Charleston County 39% | ▶-5% | |
| 20. Sumter County 39% | ▶-11% | |
| 19. Dorchester County 42% | ▶-5% | |
| 18. Florence County 43% | ▶+6% | |
| 17. Aiken County 48% | ▶-18% | |
| 16. Darlington County 49% | ▶-1% | |
| 15. Georgetown County 50% | ▶-4% | |
| 14. Lexington County 50% | ||
| 13. Orangeburg County 51% | ▶-1% | |
| 12. Pickens County 54% | ▶-6% | |
| 11. Berkeley County 54% | ▶+4% | |
| 10. Kershaw County 54% | ▶+7% | |
| 9. Oconee County 54% | ▶-3% | |
| 8. Lancaster County 55% | ▶+4% | |
| 7. Beaufort County 56% | ▶-9% | |
| 6. Laurens County 56% | ||
| 5. Spartanburg County 57% | ▶+6% | |
| 4. Greenville County 58% | ▶+14% | |
| 3. Richland County 59% | ▶+7% | |
| 2. York County 59% | ▶+15% | |
| 1. Anderson County 61% | ▶+4% | |
| * Jasper County 41% | ▶-1% | |
| Sheriff's Department | Score | 5YR |
|---|---|---|
| * Colleton County 42% | ▶-2% | |
| * Hampton County 44% | ▶-6% | |
| * Chester County 44% | ▶-6% | |
| * Allendale County 45% | ▶+10% | |
| * Barnwell County 45% | ▶+5% | |
| * Abbeville County 45% | ▶-9% | |
| * Marion County 45% | ▶-7% | |
| * Dillon County 46% | ▶+7% | |
| * Newberry County 46% | ▶-1% | |
| * Cherokee County 47% | ▶-10% | |
| * Union County 48% | ▶-6% | |
| * Fairfield County 49% | ▶+1% | |
| * Bamberg County 49% | ||
| * Mccormick County 51% | ▶-2% | |
| * Edgefield County 51% | ▶-3% | |
| * Clarendon County 51% | ▶+3% | |
| * Marlboro County 52% | ▶+6% | |
| * Calhoun County 52% | ▶-6% | |
| * Greenwood County 54% | ▶+1% | |
| * Lee County 55% | ▶-4% | |
| * Williamsburg County 55% | ▶-8% | |
| * Saluda County 56% | ▶-2% | |
| * Chesterfield County 57% | ▶+2% | |
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