Follow-Up File: SC Trooper Shortages
UPSTATE ROADS WOEFULLY UNDERSTAFFED … Earlier this week we published a detailed report on some less-than-impressive outcomes involving South Carolina highways. One of the most troubling revelations...
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SC Roads Are Dieways
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NIKKI HALEY’S PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCY HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO … It its most recent accountability report, the S.C. Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) claims...
Weekend Mailbag: October 8
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ENGAGING THE INCOMING … We get incoming … lots of incoming. So much incoming, at times, we don’t always know what to do with it. Tips,...
SCHP Recruits Roll Deep
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TROOPER CADETS GET BRAND NEW SQUAD CARS … It’s been a scandalous year for the S.C. Department of Public Safety (SCDPS), but at least the...
SC Fire Captain Fired Over Social Media Post
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COLUMBIA FIREMAN CRITICIZED BLACK NATIONALIST PROTESTERS A captain with the city of Columbia, S.C. fire department has been terminated from his position over an allegedly threatening...
SC Trooper Investigated For Social Media Post Following Dallas Shooting
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FAIR? OR DISCRIMINATORY? A female highway patrol officer in South Carolina is being investigated for posting “controversial” comments to her Facebook page in the aftermath of...
More Nuclear Dumping In SC
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BATTLE SET TO RAGE OVER PLUTONIUM SHIPMENTS … Fourteen years ago the Savannah River Site (SRS) in rural Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties in South...
“Penny Tax” Scammer In Hot Water Over Felony DUI Charge
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KELVIN WASHINGTON ARRESTED AFTER RICHLAND COUNTY CAR CRASH Richland County, S.C. councilman Kelvin Washington was already facing beaucoup problems related to his role in a...
Donnie Myers Got Popped For DUI … Again
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S.C. Eleventh Circuit solicitor Donnie Myers has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence … again. Myers was popped in Lexington County after...
Letter: On “Predatory Policing”
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Dear Editor, As related to your stories about “predatory policing,” the police departments and officers receive awards for meeting certain DUI arrest levels (see links...