For over 150 years, the Sumter Police Department has been serving the citizens of Sumter, South Carolina on the solid foundation of public trust and safety. Sumter PD officers serve a 40,000-strong town and are committed to treating all in our vibrant community fairly and with respect. We are a CALEA accredited agency and maintain their gold standard of serving and protecting our communities.
FYI, SCAM ALERT
A new round of scam text messages claiming you have unpaid tickets have been making their way to local cell phones.
Please be aware that this is a SCAM and delete these messages.
This is a busy time of year, and scammers try to use that to their advantage to catch you off guard.
Keep a wary eye out for text messages, emails or phone calls claiming to be from a state or federal agency, a utility company or a law enforcement agency or officer that attempt to coerce you into making a payment to address what they claim is a late bill, fine or legal matter like a warrant.
Agencies, utilities and law enforcement do not operate in this manner.
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It’s a UK number starting with 63
I got one yesterday and deleted it immediately
Can these people be reported as I just received one and took a screen shot of the text.
ATTENTION DRIVERS....
Sumter students -- some who will start school for the first time -- will be boarding buses, walking/biking or being dropped off to school in the morning.
Local crossing guards will be in place, and Sumter PD officers will patrol city school zones in the mornings and afternoons as the 2025-26 school year begins.
Drivers are asked to be alert and extra careful during their morning and afternoon commutes. Slow down and follow traffic signals and signage and guidance given by crossings guards and/or officers.
Let's work together to ensure a great start to the school year!
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School bus routes, start times and other back-to-school information can be found at www.sumterschools.net/about-us/back-to-school.
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And stay off your phones
Blessing and safe and successful school year...to all
God bless and keep our children safe
Some schools started today
Mind the crossing guards and take it easy.
Also, let's NOT PARK in a neighborhood BLATANTLY in FRONT of the NO PARKING SIGN across from Alice Drive Elementary and walk our child over bc we are entitled and want to disrupt traffic and park on someone's grass🙄
Last year I personally watched our police department employees, both city and county, on many many many occasions.... like at least 3 out of 5 days each week, all year long... speed through the millwood elementary school zone...during pickup time, while the bright yellow "school speed zone" lights were flashing, while everyone else was obeying the laws, while little kids were getting out of school, while parents were picking up there kids. This is disgusting to see coming from out payed law enforcement authorities....it's like they don't give a single F at all. They don't care about our kids lives... yall are fakes...i really think yall are trained to be this way. You're trained to have a mentality that you are better than everybody else because have a badge. Can yall even comprehend how much damage that your selfish a**es can cause plowing through a school speed zone at 50mph while on the phone... no sirens, no lights...just yall in all your filth just completelydisregarding our laws. Our own police employees were the main ones breaking the school speed zone laws last year. It's disgusting how you all's egos are so big that you really think they you as cops don't have to obey our laws. The people that we pay the paychecks of, the ones we all agree to allow to be to be the authority on our laws.... they are the ones breaking our laws. WTF!!!! THIS HAS GOT TO STOP! Who do yall think yall are? Seriously! We pay yall really good money to enforce our laws....we pay a lot of money for those cars and suv's that we let yall use, a lot of money for the comforts yall enjoy, a lot of money for those weapons and tools that we provide yall.... yet yall are breaking our laws yourselves. How are we suppose to trust you all? I know the sumter sheriff's department has been "watching" me and sincelessly following me ever since I started calling you all out after yall threatened to kill me and rape my wife. I called their bluff and I've been right so far. You wanna try to kill me then do it ....I don't care dumbasses, it's not about me. This won't stop with me... many people are waking up and starting to see that yalls training needs a major major overhaul! Yall don't even know the constitution that you swore an oath to. WOW! Why did we allow you to have any authority if you don't even know the very basics of your job? Look stupid, I'm not the one breaking any of our laws.... yall need to check yourselves and stop harassing us that pay your paychecks.... like me. If yall would be kind courteous respectful law abiding people and set the damn example like you are suppose to do then people might just start back liking yall again. But yall are skating on very thin ice right now. Yall have lost the trust of many many people over the past few years... and that lack of trust, of coarse, will definitely get passed down to younger generations....it's not looking good for yall. How are yall going to stop this downward trend of trust? Force? 🤣 yeah try that and see how it goes. I would suggest to do a thorough investigation into the sumter sheriff's department. Corruption runs all the way to the top. Start there! The drug dealing, rapes, murders.... the missing people.... THEY HAVE TO STOP, SUMTER COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT! LOOK INTERNALLY! YOU'LL FIND IT IF YOU LOOK! I'm not in any way saying all the police are bad, but ever since yall threatened to rape my wife and "bring her black-ass pu**y" back to your side" (those were the exact words yall said to me), ever since then I've been watching yall hard. You got a whole lot of corruption and other things going on internally that are not good at all....drug usage, lots of infidelity (I've been collecting proof), drug bust and then resell back on the streets, many many lies and coverups, illegal arrests, rape, involvement in cover-ups of missing people, all kinds of major traffic violations on a daily bases, theft by cops, illegal traffic stops, violating constitutional rights, etc... We know yall don't care if yall get sued, because it won't affect you personally... the tax payers have to pay for police misconduct. So, doing things the "legal" route using lawsuits and stuff only hurts the citizens. This is not right! This is why we need to end police immunity laws. The good cops are still there too, but yall are being overshadowed by the bad ones. And why are yall not doing anything about them? Are u scared of the bad cops? If so then come to us... your bosses...and tell us. We will get together and discuss the individuals and then We the People will handle it if you can't. Trust me, we will. Good cops are needed, we all agree on that...but bad cops are extremely dangerous for us to have on our payroll. GOOD COPS....PLEASE ABORT THE BAD ONES We 💙 good police!
Sharing from Willow Drive Elementary and Sumter School District....
WILLOW DRIVE ELEMENTARY PICK-UP/DROP-OFF PLAN: Parents/guardians are asked to follow the new procedures implemented this school year with the closure of the Miller Road bridge.
🔸Pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, fourth and fifth grade -- Turn from Guignard Drive onto Calhoun Street toward Prisma Health Tuomey, then turn left onto Winn Street. Follow Winn Street, which turns into Willow Drive, to enter the student drop-off/pick-up area.
🔸First, second and third grade -- Turn right off of Broad Street onto Willow Drive to enter drop-off/pick-up area.
🔸Afternoon Pick-up: If you are picking up children in multiple grades, go to the pick-up area designated for the youngest child.
Contact and other information is available in this shared post.
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Amanda Hardwell
Not all parents are on fb. A notice should have went out. What a dumb time to close the street.
Keep it cool, know the signs of heat-related illnesses and what to do....
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WELCOME TO THE FAMILY!: Our newest officers, Keivonna Sanders and Bryce Wiechering, were sworn in this morning by Chief Russell Roark.
Both graduated last week from the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy.
They were joined this morning by family and friends.
Congratulations!
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Being a Police Officer in a CALEA Accredited Department means you belong to an agency that is committed to following best practice standards developed by federal, state, and local law enforcement executives through comprehensive research. This is one of the most successful methods for reaching administrative and operational goals, while also providing direction to personnel.
The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA) was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the joint efforts of law enforcement’s major executive associations:
SPECIFICALLY, CALEA’S GOALS ARE TO:
