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Florence County Sheriff’s Office and the other police agencies located and operating in the 12th Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, consisting of Florence and Marion counties will meet at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the Florence County Law Enforcement Center in Effingham, SC to coordinate traffic enforcement efforts for the coming year. Florence County Sheriff’s Office is the host agency for 2010, and Lieutenant Glen Kirby and Sergeant Scott Brown are the coordinators of the project, which is sponsored through the South Carolina Law Enforcement Network.
The focus of the efforts is the prevention, detection and enforcement of motor vehicle violations such as driving under the influence, seatbelt compliance, child safety seats and other traffic violations in Florence and Marion Counties. This is done utilizing the combined resources of the Florence County Sheriff’s Office, Florence Police Department, Town of Quinby Police Department, Timmonsville Police Department, Nichols Police Department, Lake City Police Department, Coward Police Department, Scranton Police Department, Johnsonville Police Department, Olanta Police Department, South Carolina Highway Patrol, South Carolina State Transport Police, Florence Regional Airport Police, Francis Marion University Campus Police, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, City of Mullins Police Department, Marion Police Department, Town of Sellers Police Department and CSX Railroad Transportation Police. These combined jurisdictions will conduct joint traffic enforcement operations throughout the two counties over the course of the year focusing on areas of high traffic incidents. The purpose of the operation is to reduce traffic collisions, injuries and fatalities, and to provide public awareness of the safety issue and enforcement efforts. “We are proud to serve as the host agency for the 12th Judicial Circuit this year,” Sheriff Kenney Boone stated. “When you can bring the combined assets from all over our two counties to focus on a high traffic collision corridor, we create a public awareness that has been proven over time to reduce accidents.” According to Sheriff Boone, “ It also allows for the use of special assets from one agency that might not be available at others. We look forward to working with these other agencies in our joint safety and enforcement efforts.” |
