Charleston Police to conduct traffic enforcement Thursday night

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Charleston Police Department will conduct traffic safety checkpoints on the peninsula Thursday night.

Officers will be present at two intersections between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

One checkpoint will be located on E. Bay Street at South Street and another on King Street at Huger Street.

“Please be responsible, don’t drink and drive,” the department said.

Charleston Police began increasing enforcement presence earlier this month following a double hit-and-run crash that left two women dead on Morrison Drive.

Checkpoints can be expected throughout the city and on major thoroughfares in and out of the city seven days a week.

Police issued five citations while conducting enforcement on Highway 61 and Sycamore Avenue last week and made one arrest for possession with intent to distribute.