Surfside Beach leaders plan to use an independent panel to do an inquiry into the police department s turnover rate. The decisions comes after the chief of police resigned.
In a 4-3 decision Tuesday night, the Surfside Beach town council voted to launch an investigation into the high turnover rate in the town’s police department over the last several years.
The Surfside Beach Town Council was poised to give final approval to its 2023-24 budget Tuesday night—a budget that called for a 4 mill tax hike. Before the vote, council members balked at raising taxes.