COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Officers are calling it “Operation: Keep Us Safe” — a new week-long initiative to help address the recent string of troopers who were struck by drivers while performing traffic stops.

After Trooper Dennis Ricks died on August 13th and two other troopers, Master Trooper Wayne LaBounty and Senior Trooper Mitchell Williams, Jr., were injured after being hit by drivers, Col. Christopher Williamson believes drivers just can’t be bothered to follow the law.

“I don’t know how to get through to people to care about what’s going on outside of their phones, their own vehicles and their own world. But I do know that their lack of attention, their lack of good judgement, and their lack of regard for other human life has got to stop,” Williamson says.

Through “Operation: Keep U

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