The Department of Public Safety is directed to keep permanent records of all Highway Patrolmen who are killed in the line of duty or die in any other manner while actively employed as well as records of those who are retired.
Retention of Patrolmen's permanent records after death or retirement
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-180, under Title 23, Chapter 6.
S.C. Code Ann. § 23-6-180