New South Carolina DUI Task Force

The South Carolina Highway Patrol has just created a new task force to crack down on DUI's in the state, and they are trying to reduce the number of DUI's over the holidays.

The 31 troopers will be patrolling all seven of the Highway Patrol's regions across the state of South Carolina. Sometimes they will go out alone, and sometimes they will be working alongside other law enforcement.

They say that the crackdown on DUI's in South Carolina will include checkpoints and troopers on the highways.

The state Highway Patrol of South Carolina says the new DUI task force team is needed because almost half of all South Carolina's highway deaths are from impaired drivers, compared to about a third nationwide.

The troopers were chosen for the task force because they are successful in arresting and prosecuting DUI offenders.