News Archive | SCDPS Skip to main content
The Official Web Site of the State of South Carolina

News Archive

TFC Bruce Kenneth Smalls

End of Watch 9/27/1985 Trooper First Class Smalls was on duty in Jasper County when he was shot and killed during a traffic stop. When making the…

Corporal John R. Clinton

End of Watch 5/24/1983 Corporal Clinton was on duty in Chester County while attempting to make an arrest, was shot and killed. Corporal Clinton was…

PFC David Lee Alverson

End of Watch 11/13/1981 Patrolman First Class Alverson was on duty in Orangeburg County at a construction area when his patrol vehicle was struck by…

Sgt. Robert Aaron Mobley

End of Watch 7/19/1979 Sergeant Mobley was on duty in Florence County when he was shot and killed after a struggle with a motorcyclist during a…

PFC William Edward Peeples

End of Watch 6/8/1979 Patrolman First Class Peeples was on duty in Colleton County when he pursued a motorcyclist for speeding. After the…

PFC Ben Wesley Strickland

End of Watch 5/31/1974 Patrolman First Class Strickland was on duty in Lexington County when he arrested a driver during a traffic stop. The…

Patrolman Fulton House Anthony

End of Watch 3/10/1973 Patrolman Anthony was on duty in Greenville County when he and another patrolman were transporting two suspects who were…

Patrolman Roy Odes Caffey

End of Watch 10/8/1972 Patrolman Caffey was on duty in Orangeburg County when he was shot and killed by unknown person(s) during a traffic stop.…

Patrolman Jimmy Amechie Traylor

End of Watch 12/25/1970 Patrolman Traylor was on duty in Sumter County when he went to assist another patrolman with an arrest. Two family members…

Patrolman Alfred Alexander Thomason

End of Watch 7/27/1970 Patrolman Thomason was on duty in Sumter County and was killed in a vehicle collision at the entrance to Shaw Airfield Air…