Council considers Spartanburg County's anonymous reporting model for Beaufort

During the Aug. 28 workshop, council members repeatedly cited Spartanburg County's approach to anonymous reporting as a possible model for Beaufort County.

A council member described Spartanburg's system as an outside clearinghouse that allows anonymous reporting and assigns a tracking number to submissions, which could provide an additional layer of protection for employees. "You can report anonymously and they're outside agency. They assign a number to it and then you can actually... it seems like another level of protection for the employees," the speaker said.

Council asked administration to contact Spartanburg County for details on how they issued an RFP, the costs they incurred and how the system routes reports to departments or to investigators. Mike Moore said administration will gather implementation details and bring a draft resolution with proposed changes to the finance/administration committee.