Editing Greenville, South Carolina (section)

==Government==
[[File:Greenvillecityhalldowntown.jpg|thumb|Greenville City Hall]]
{{See also|List of mayors of Greenville, South Carolina}}

The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website  }}</ref> The Greenville City Council consists of the mayor and six council members. The mayor and two council members are elected at-large while the remaining council members are chosen from single-member districts. Greenville Municipal Court handles criminal misdemeanor violations, traffic violations, and city ordinance violations.<ref>{{cite web| title=City Council| url=http://www.greenvillesc.gov/283/City-Council| website=greenvillesc.gov| publisher=City of Greenville| access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> As of 2024, the city's mayor is [[Knox H. White]], who has been in that position since December 1995.<ref>{{Cite web| url = https://www.greenvillesc.gov/1147/Mayors-Corner | title = Mayor's Corner | date = | access-date = March 29, 2021| website = City of Greenville}}</ref>

Greenville's City Hall has had multiple locations since the first in 1879, including the [[Old Greenville City Hall]], which served in that capacity from 1938 to 1973.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/life/2021/07/17/greenville-sc-city-hall-history-south-carolina-judy-bainbridge/7892481002/ |title=When it comes to city halls, Greenville's long had a 50-year itch |date=July 17, 2021 |newspaper=The Greenville News |first=Judy |last=Bainbridge |access-date=March 27, 2023 }}</ref><ref name="glimpses">{{cite news |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/history/glimpses-of-greenville-sc-the-old-old-city-hall/ |title=Glimpses of Greenville: The old, old city hall |date=September 28, 2022 |work=Greenville Journal |first=John |last=Nolan |access-date=March 29, 2023 }}</ref> In March 2023, the city announced plans to sell its current building and move City Hall to the Bowater Building along the [[Reedy River]] in [[Reedy River Falls Historic Park and Greenway|Falls Park]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/local/greenville/downtown/2023/03/13/greenville-sc-city-hall-relocating-to-bowater-building-near-falls-park-downtown/70004908007/ |title=Greenville officias to sel City Hall, relocate to Bowater Building in Falls Park |date=March 13, 2023 |newspaper=The Greenville News |first=Macon |last=Atkinson |access-date=March 27, 2023 |url-access=limited }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://greenvillejournal.com/community/update-greenville-sc-city-hall-to-move-to-bowater-building/ |title=Update: City Hall to move to Bowater building |date=March 13, 2023 |work=Greenville Journal |first=Megan |last=Fitzgerald |access-date=March 29, 2023 }}</ref>

The Greenville Police Force was established in 1845. By 1876 it became the Greenville Police Department. In 1976 the department moved into the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center with the Greenville County Sheriff's Department. The Greenville Police Department serves Greenville with around 241 employees with 199 sworn officers.<ref>{{cite web| title=History| url=http://www.greenvillesc.gov/493/History| website=Greenvillesc.gov| publisher=City of Greenville| access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref>

Districts 22–25 of the [[South Carolina House of Representatives]] cover portions of Greenville, as do [[South Carolina Senate|state senate]] districts 6–8. The city is within [[South Carolina's 4th congressional district]], represented by [[William Timmons (politician)|William Timmons]] since 2019.