S.C. troopers stepping up DUI enforcement

AP
Published: July 2, 2009
Updated: July 2, 2009

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol has created a new team of troopers to crack down on drunken driving just in time for the long holiday weekend.

The 31 troopers will be sent to all seven of the Highway Patrol’s regions across the state. Sometimes they will patrol alone, and sometimes they will work with other law enforcement.

Authorities say the crackdown will include checkpoints and troopers on the highways.

The state Highway Patrol says the new team is needed because nearly half of all of South Carolina’s highways deaths are caused by impaired drivers, compared to about a third nationwide.

The troopers were chosen because they were especially successful in arresting and prosecuting DUI cases.

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Flag Comment Posted by LRB on July 02, 2009 at 6:07 am

Stepping up DUI enforcement is a good thing, but what about the enforcement of the laws that do not allow you to set off fireworks in the cities that have them, last year I had to put out a fire on my roof because the people a few house down from was shooting of bottle rocket. I have repaired my roof, but I am still got up in a legal battle trying to get the responsible parties for the fire to pay for the repairs. So lets enforce the fireworks bands also, so things like this do not happen and few people may not get hurt.

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