 All probation agents in the state of South Carolina are fully certified law enforcement officers, with the same training and arrest powers as all city police, deputy sheriff, highway patrol and SLED officers.Probation Agent Phillip Sears and Agent-In-Charge Ed Strickland responded immediately to the scene, not knowing what had transpired on the property.As first responders to the Bixby home, Strickland and Sears canvassed the property, and quickly located the body of Constable Ouzts lying on the front lawn.