In order to maintain awareness of sex offenders living in your neighborhood, the Greenville County Sherriff's Office has added a Sex Offender Registry to their website. The registry will allow you to enter any local address. It will then provide a list of all registered Greenville County sex offenders living within a one-mile radius within the boundaries of Greenville County. If you are looking for information about a particular sex offender, registered in Greenville County, the registry can help there as well.

You can also visit the S.L.E.D. Sex Offender Registry to search for a registered sex offender.

How do I get property back that was taken as evidence or recovered during an investigation?
To retrieve evidence, a person must have a court order or written authorization from the arresting officer or detective in the case. Bring the court order or written authorization along with a photo identification and the case number to Property & Evidence. If you are picking up a car, gun, or money, please call in advance. The number is (864) 467-5196.

When are they open to the public?
The Property & Evidence Unit is located at 4 McGee Street. They are open from 8am until 4pm Monday thru Friday.

How can I find out if my car has been towed?
The Greenville Police keeps a record of all vehicle tows within the City limits that meet the following criteria:

• Vehicles Towed by Order of the Police Department:
  • The vehicle was towed from a traffic accident or the result of a traffic stop.
  • The vehicle was found abandoned on a City street or other public property.
  • The vehicle was illegally parked on public property, or right of way, which necessitated towing the vehicle.
• Vehicles Towed by Order of Private Parties:
  • Vehicles which are towed from private property by order of the property owner.
  • Vehicles repossessed by car dealers or title companies.
  
  All towing companies are required to report towed vehicle information to the Police Department whenever they tow a vehicle without the owners knowledge within the City limits. Contact the Communications Section at 271-5333 for information on these vehicles.

How do I retrieve my car, if it has been towed?
If your vehicle was towed by order of the Police Department, you must bring a current registration or title and picture identification to Police Records (4 McGee Street). There is a small administrative fee, which must be paid at Police Records. You will then be given a claim ticket and the location of towing company where your vehicle is stored. The towing companies’ fees are separate and must be paid directly to the company.

If your vehicle was towed by order of a private property owner or was repossesed, you will have to contact the towing company who towed your vehicle for information on getting your vehicle back.

 

You can read the entire CODE OF ORDINANCES* for the City of Greenville online at:

http://www.municode.com/resources/gateway.asp?pid=13105&sid=40

The City ordinances most frequently asked about are:

• Shooting fireworks within the City; There is no law against the private use of fireworks.
• Noise
• Animals
• Parking, Stopping and Standing
• Non-Consensual Booting and Towing
• Parades, Events, Block Parties, Performances, Filming and Picketing
• Offenses against the Person
• Offenses against Property
• Offenses against Morality
• Offenses against the Public Peace
• Offenses against Public Safety
• Traffic and Vehicles
• Burglar alarms
• Fee Schedule

*Current as of Ordinance No. 2007-53, enacted July 9, 2007.

To contact a specific Police Officer call the GPD non-emergency line at (864) 271-5333. Be prepared to give the operator the Officer's name or unit number, the case number (if applicable), your contact information and reason for the call.

The operator will take a message and forward it to the Officer if they are on duty at the time of the call. The Officer will return your call as soon as possible.

If they are not on duty, the operator may be able to advise you when they are scheduled to return to work and you will need to call back during that time. Operators will not contact Officers who are off duty. Most Officers work rotating 12-hour shifts (day shift or night shift), 2 days on, 3 days off, 3 days on , 2 days off and so forth, so it can be several days before they are back on duty.

Please be aware that due to patrol requirements, it is often impossible for an Officer to immediately return your call.

It is against Department policy for operators to release phone numbers for individual Officers.

 

Contact the Public Records Division at (864) 467-5257 and they can assist you with obtaining a copy of your incident report. When your copy is ready, you can pick up it up at the Law Enforcement Center located at #4 McGee St.

For directions to the LEC: [ Click Here ]

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The Greenville County Detention Center has a website with useful information including allowing you to check online to see if someone has been incarcerated:

Click to go to the Greenville County Detention Center Website

 

Unfortunately, the Police Department dispatchers will seldom be able to advise if your over-due friend or loved one has been involved in an accident. The Police dispatchers handle vehicle accidents 24 hours per day, 7 day per week and there are just too many to be able to quickly identify each and every accident which has occurred. In addition, dispatch does not record the names of the individuals involved - only the vehicle descriptions and if they were towed. Detailed information is taken by the Officer on the scene and dispatch does not have immediate access to that data.

Another problem is the accident could have occurred anywhere along the expected route of your over-due person, usually over-lapping several jurisdictions which would have responded to the accident.

We often suggest that you call all of the area hospitals and see if they have been admitted. This is a more effective way of finding out of someone has been injured in an accident which occurred somewhere in the local area.