SC Highway Patrol Announces July 4 Enforcement Statistics
posted 07/08/09
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Columbia, SC -
The S.C. Highway Patrol announces the following enforcement statistics from July 4 weekend, which ran from Thursday, July 1, at 6 p.m. to midnight Sunday, July 5:
2009:
Total Highway Patrol cases made: 13,789
Total DUI arrests: 342
DUI arrests made by the newly formed DUI Team: 54 (included in the above no.)
Total cases made by newly formed DUI Team: 496
Safety Belt citations: 4,687
Fatalities: 11
2008:
Total Highway Patrol cases made: 12,200
Total DUI arrests: 250
Safety Belt citations: 3,453
Fatalities: 7
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