‘You can be both’: SCHP trooper and mother of 9 reflects on motherhood, female empowerment and the importance of family
Sun, 05/11/2025
Shameka Jenkins starts her day at 4 a.m. as a Lance Corporal with the SC Highway Patrol, and ends her day at home as a Mom. Then, she does it all…For STP corporal retiring after 30 years, it’s not goodbye — it’s ‘I’ll be back’
Fri, 05/02/2025
A career in law enforcement is something Corporal Stacy Craig always wanted to pursue. After committing 30 years of his life to service, Craig looks…‘He’s alive in our family every single day:’ Retiring SCHP K-9 carries on fallen trooper’s legacy
Mon, 04/28/2025
The day Michelle Rebman found out the South Carolina Highway Patrol was naming a K-9 in her late husband’s honor is a day she’ll never forget. A few…BPS K-9 Unit works with advocates, sets standard for security screenings of wheelchairs
Tue, 04/15/2025
When hundreds or even thousands of people show up at the State House for an event, officers with the Bureau of Protective Services are hard at work…National Siblings Day: From cereal and cartoons, to fatherhood and careers, brothers and DPS coworkers continue to tackle life together
Thu, 04/10/2025
Not many people can say they work with their sibling. But for Brian and David Hilpisch, it’s the mundane things in life that have kept their bond so…National Crime Victims Rights Week: How the SC Highway Patrol Victim Services Unit is a voice for the voiceless
Mon, 04/07/2025
On a shelf in Crystal Salley’s office sits a candle decorated with a photo of four smiling children — all siblings, and all of them killed in a…Saving lives, and helping others turn their lives around: STP officer says he's just 'doing what I should be doing'
Fri, 03/28/2025
Master Officer Don Turner has never expected a pat on the back. Not for lugging boxes of soft drinks as a delivery driver for Pepsi, for taking drunk…Womens History Month: ‘I hope it paves the way for other women,’ SCHP’s first female captain says of service
Fri, 03/21/2025
Major Tara Craig never took offense to being called “Sir” during a traffic stop or collision investigation. She chuckled when the person realized…‘Honor has no expiration date’: Greenville County highway renamed for SCHP trooper killed in 1950
Thu, 03/13/2025
Two worn trooper badges and a folded American flag are among the only things Brenda Sealy Sumner has to remember the father she never knew. She was…‘I have to help people’: Retiring BPS officer ponders what’s next after 27 years of protecting, serving, and comforting
Tue, 03/11/2025
Over the past 27 years, Master Officer Chris Kirkpatrick has helped protect some of the most powerful leaders in South Carolina: From legislators at…