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Sumter Police Department

City agency in Sumter, South Carolina. Reports crime data to the FBI, and has done since 1991.

ORI
SC0430100
Type
City
County
Sumter
State
South Carolina
FBI reporting
Reporting since 1991-01-01
Location
33.9216, -80.3394

Workforce

As reported to the FBI for 2025, covering a population of 42,838.

102Sworn officers
46Civilian staff
3.45Employees per 1,000 people
42,838Population served
YearOfficersCiviliansPopulation servedPer 1,000
20251024642,8383.45
20241003842,5513.24
2023933842,4303.09
20221034242,6133.40
20211043339,3283.48
20201114439,5423.92
20191094539,5463.89
20181044539,8983.73
20171097040,7474.39
20161104840,8643.87
20151085141,0173.88
20141094441,3413.70

Officer and civilian counts are full-time employees as filed by the agency in its annual return. A dash means the agency did not report that figure for that year — it does not mean zero.

Deaths during encounters with this agency

1 person has died during an encounter with Sumter Police Department between 2016 and 2016, according to Mapping Police Violence.

1Deaths recorded
2.33Per 100,000 people policed
20162016Period covered
Recorded causeDeaths
Gunshot1

What this figure is and is not. It counts deaths recorded as occurring during an encounter with this agency. It is not a finding of wrongdoing, and a death being recorded here says nothing about whether it was lawful. Many involve armed confrontations; some involve none. Police Census publishes counts only and does not name the people who died.

These records are compiled from news reports and public records by Mapping Police Violence, an independent research organisation — they are not official statistics, and no federal database records this comprehensively. Used with permission.

Military surplus received

Transferred under the Department of Defense 1033 programme, which passes surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies at no cost. Values are the Department’s original acquisition cost, not what the equipment is worth today.

$483,762Original acquisition value
125Line items received
20142021Years of transfers
ItemQuantityAcquisition valueMost recent
Mk3mod01$240,1912021-07-06
Rifle,5.56 Millimeter41$79,9502014-08-27
Packbot 510 With Fastac Remotely Controlled Vehicle1$77,0002021-07-06
Truck,Utility1$60,4092014-12-08
Sight,Reflex69$23,3912017-08-29
Telescope,Straight3$2,2102016-07-18
Barrel And Front Sight Assembly21$2402017-04-26
Receiver,Cartridge73$2092017-08-15
Magazine,Cartridge252$812019-01-31
Adapter Rail,Weapon Mounted37$812017-10-11

Source: Defense Logistics Agency, Law Enforcement Support Office, public data as at 30 June 2026. Items are grouped by description; the date shown is the most recent shipment of that item.

Also policing Sumter

Jurisdictions overlap. These agencies are also recorded against the same county, so a single address may be covered by more than one of them.

Source

Agency identity, type, jurisdiction, coordinates and reporting status are as published by the FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency record SC0430100. Police Census reproduces these values without adjustment. Where the FBI publishes nothing, this page says so rather than estimating.