Susan Spitale Precht

Review of Horry County Police

This police department regularly operates in a les...

This police department regularly operates in a less than honorable way. I watched an officer ticket a woman for parking in "hash marks" in front of a Speedway which were next to a handicapped spot. The spot was not marked no parking, and until recently had been a regular parking spot. Without any notice to the public, the police dept decided that they would monitor this spot and ticket for profit anyone who missed the "yellow hash marks" on the ground for "parking in a handicap spot". This is a scam, and when I called the supervisor to ask about it, he told me he knew exactly where the spot was. I do not trust a police force that operates in such a sleazy way. We have put up with their speed traps which begin the day they lower a speed limit and cost the taxpayer money in fines and insurance. We have sat in the court in Conway and watched as they present case after case of "criminal" (because in SC speeding is a criminal matter,) behavior that really was entrapment from them. This is not the behavior of a police force that is serving the public, this is the behavior of a police force that is fleecing the public in a well known tourist area. Shame on them.