A rash of crime in downtown Charleston is raising safety concerns, but police believe the public were never intended targets ...

Charleston’s current definition of public safety results in more than just a waste of our city’s resources. It also perpetuates the harms created by Charleston’s racist and exploitative history.

Officials in Charleston are one step closer to modernizing animal control laws after the city’s Public Safety Committee voted ...

Ninth Circuit solicitor's office in Charleston SC and Justice Innovation Lab cut jail time, save taxpayer money without ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD)- The City of Charleston is one step closer to adopting a new emergency operations plan. The plan was presented to the city’s Public Safety Committee and Charleston Mayor ...

As Charleston officials consider creating a new department of public safety to oversee the city's police and fire departments, they don’t have to look far to find other communities using similar ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Charleston County Public Safety Directorate and Charleston County School District are partnering to create a new program for high school students interested in a career ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The City of Charleston Public Safety Committee discussed a juvenile curfew ordinance during their meeting. Officials approved the ordinance amid a joint effort from the ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin made a trip to Washington, DC this week for talks with other mayors and white house officials on everything from substance use disorder ...

Crime and public safety are two of the top issues in Charleston mayoral race and Thursday night, the three mayoral candidates laid out their plans in a public safety forum. Republican JB Akers ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As Election Day draws closer, three candidates for the mayorship of Charleston took part in a forum Thursday on the issue of public safety. Republican JB Akers, Democrat Amy ...