
Tolson said Det. Mike Doty was "very critically" wounded during a 3:31 a.m. gunfight with the suspect. He addressed the public, saying, "We need your continued prayers." He added that York County law enforcement appreciated the outpouring of support from the community.
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The conditions of the wounded law enforcement officers have not been released. York County SO public information officer Trent Farris asked the public to keep the officer and deputies in their prayers at a press conference.
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A South Carolina woman accused of stealing multiple vehicles and wrecking them, including a Sumter County Sheriff's Office patrol car, was denied bond Thursday.
Read More →Col. Chris Williamson, commander of the S.C. Highway Patrol, recently confirmed that some front-line troopers wanted the more effective rifles so badly for potential confrontations that about 50 have bought their own in the past couple of years.
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"She's a woman slammed to the ground and she's an officer...I saw her belongings hit the ground,” Turmon said. “She'd done everything she could...It was going to get ugly, ya know? Something had to be done.”
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Brown resisted arrest, even after the officer used a TASER and OC spray on him, the video shows. At one point the officer was knocked to the ground, and that's when a civilian tackled the suspect. Brown was taken into custody.
Read More →"From the highway patrol standpoint, we've already decided that this is a necessity," he said. "We're just hoping that the budget request is honored."
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A Johnston, SC, police officer was killed Friday night in a single-vehicle accident. Corporal James Eric Chapman was responding to an emergency call at the time of the accident.
Read More →Former South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for the deadly shooting of Walter Scott.
Read More →U.S. District Judge David Norton will announce the amount of time Slager will serve within the range of 19 to 24 years later today. The former officer could have faced life in prison.
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