South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog

In Lexington, S.C. today MADD presented awards to SCHP Troop One and to individual officers for making the most DUI arrests.

Last year, the troop, which covers Clarendon, Sumter, Lee, Kershaw, Richland and Lexington counties, made 2,180 DUI arrests, up 320 from the previous year.

Troopers made 665 DUI arrests in Lexington County during 2007, putting it fourth in the state for such arrests.

Should troopers be competing to make the most arrests? Quantity > quality. Another notch in the belt.