Editing Horry County, South Carolina (section)

===Law enforcement===
The [[Horry County Police Department]] provides 24-hour services to the unincorporated areas of the county. It is the only county police department in South Carolina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horry County Government: Police Department Info Page|url=http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Police.aspx|website=horrycounty.org|publisher=Horry County Government|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714193249/http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Police.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Horry County Sheriff's Office is responsible for courthouse security, processing of warrants, fingerprinting, registration of sex offenders, funeral escorts, background checks, and managing the J. Reuben Long Detention Center.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horry County Government: Sheriff's Office Info Page|url=http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Sheriff.aspx|website=horrycounty.org|publisher=Horry County Government|access-date=July 9, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163838/http://www.horrycounty.org/Departments/Sheriff.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[South Carolina Highway Patrol]] has a Troop 5 barracks in Conway, and provides services throughout the county.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120909143706/http://www.schp.org/troop5.asp. Retrieved 2011-06-04]</ref> Myrtle Beach, Conway, Briarcliffe Acres, Atlantic Beach, Surfside Beach, Loris, and Aynor all have their own police departments, which patrol within the relevant town or city's border. North Myrtle Beach has a Public Safety Department, which provides police and fire services in the city of North Myrtle Beach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ps.nmb.us/|title=City of North Myrtle Beach - Public Safety|website=City of North Myrtle Beach - Public Safety|language=en-US|access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref>

In March 2020, Todd Cox, a former Horry County police officer, was fined $300 for failing to investigate reports of sex crimes against children.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lang|first=Alex|url=https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/crime/article241025951.html|title=Horry County officer charged with not investigating child sex crimes gets $300 fine|date=March 9, 2020|work=Myrtle Beach Sun News |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref> He and three other officers had been indicted in 2016 on charges of coercing sex and ignoring cases.<ref name="Herald 2016">{{cite news|url= https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article102233132.html |title=Indictments: Former SC officers coerced sex; ignored cases | first=Jeffrey |last=Collins |agency=Associated Press | date= September 16, 2016 |access-date=March 9, 2020}}</ref>