Editing Orangeburg, South Carolina (section)

==Government and crime==

===Government===
The city operates under the council-manager form of government. The governing body is composed of a mayor and six members. The mayor is determined through a nonpartisan, [[at-large]] election for a four-year term of office while Council Members are chosen through nonpartisan, [[single-member district]] (SMD) elections. Council members are elected to staggered four-year terms of office.

The City council is a legislative body, establishing policies with recommendations from the professional city administrator, who is hired by the council. The city administrator acts as the chief administrator of the council's policies implemented through the administrative control of city departments given to him by ordinance.

'''Mayor'''
*Michael C. Butler

'''Council Members''' 
*Richard F. Stroman
*Charles W. Jernigan
*Charles B. Barnwell, Jr.
*Bernard Haire
*L. Zimmerman Keitt (Mayor Pro Tem)
*Sandra P. Knotts

'''State Senators'''
*Brad Hutto
*Vernon Stephens

===Crime===
The following table shows Orangeburg's crime rate in 6 crimes that Morgan Quitno uses in its calculations for "America's most dangerous cities" rankings, in comparison to 10,000 people. The statistics provided are not for the actual number of crimes committed, but for the number of crimes committed per capita.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Orangeburg-South-Carolina.html |title=Orangeburg, South Carolina (SC 29117) profile: population, maps, real estate, averages, homes, statistics, relocation, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, moving, houses, news, sex offenders |publisher=City-data.com |access-date=August 21, 2014 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Crime
! Orangeburg, SC (2009)
! per 10,000 people
|-
| Murder
| 1
| .75
|-
| Rape
| 9
| 6.78
|-
| Robbery
| 36
| 25.61
|-
| Assault
| 35
| 26.36
|-
| Burglary
| 232
| 174.73
|-
| Automobile Theft
| 65
| 48.95
|-
| Arson
| 2
| 1.51
|}