FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 27, 2007

CONTACT: Sgt. R.K. Hughes, 803-896-8164

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

COLUMBIA – The South Carolina Department of Public Safety announces the following event:

 

Who:              South Carolina Highway Patrol, SC Department of Natural Resources, State Transport Police and local law enforcement

 

What:            Two law enforcement/media briefings to kick off aerial enforcement campaign (on I-20), which begins Independence Day enforcement efforts.

 

** The Highway Patrol and SCDNR will conduct increased enforcement efforts beginning tomorrow and running through July 8 to cover the weekend before and after the holiday.

 

When:           Lexington: Thursday, June 28, 1:30 p.m.

                       Aiken: Friday, June 29, 11 a.m.  

 

Where:        Lexington: I-20 Westbound Weigh Station near the 54 mile marker;

                      Aiken: Aiken County Airport, 129 Aviation Blvd.

 

 

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