Officers with the Mount Pleasant (SC) Police Department have been training hard for several months in anticipation of adding a new asset to its capabilities in service of the community—a patrol boat staffed by officers who will work the local waterways to keep people safe.
Sheriff Hobart Lewis said in a press conference that Master Deputy Conley Jumper, 52, effected a traffic stop around 3 pm Tuesday. During that stop, at least one of the occupants of the vehicle reportedly started fighting with Jumper.
The show of support comes after Officer Jacob Hancher of the Myrtle Beach Police Department was murdered Oct. 3 at a domestic call. The 23-year-old Hancher had served less than a year as a local police officer.
An officer with the Pamplico (SC) Police Department has been fired over a social media post of video during an interaction that Mayor David Munn said "does not reflect the views of the Town of Pamplico or the Pamplico Police Department."
Officer Jacob Hancher was shot and killed as he responded to a call of a domestic dispute on Saturday night.
The Charleston Police Department joined local community members and political leaders to honor the memory of Private Thomas Martin—who was killed in the line of duty in July 1870.
Sergeant Ethan Kaskin of the Anderson City (NC) Police Department was killed early Friday morning in a head-on vehicle collision.
A knock at the door of the chief of police for the Bonneau (SC) Police Department on Monday led to an assault that left the law enforcement leader with a deep stab to the face.
Chief Franco Fuda said he was at his home when he heard a knock at the door and went outside to meet the suspect. The chief said the suspect told him that Fuda was "going to die today" before stabbing him below the eye with an ice pick. Fuda had been in the process of dialing 911.
Officers with the Pelion (SC) Police Department arrested two subjects over the Labor Day Holiday weekend on suspicion of drug trafficking and other offenses after initiating a traffic stop.