The Highway Patrol is the largest division of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety and its headquarters is located in Blythewood.

On February 8, 1968, SCHP officers fired on anti-segregation protesters on the campus of the South Carolina State University in Orangeburg.

[5][6] SCHP Commander The agency has specific jurisdiction over all South Carolina state highways, U.S.

However, the SCHP can still enforce traffic laws on any public road anywhere in the state regardless if it is in an incorporated or unincorporated city.

SCHP troopers are responsible for investigating and disposing of car accidents, debris, dead animals and other impediments to the free flow of traffic.

[10][11] Auxiliary Trooper Program Fatality Victims Memorial Child Safety Seatbelt Demonstration Trooper Public Speaking Program The South Carolina Highway Patrol use many different varieties of marked, semi-marked, and unmarked vehicles, like many other law enforcement agencies in South Carolina and the rest of the United States.