Lexington PD patrolman named SCDPS DUI Officer of the Year

Lexington, SC - 04/30/2021 (Paul Kirby) – The Lexington Police Division took a couple of moments lately to congratulate one in every of their very own who acquired a statewide award from the SC Division of Public Security (SCDPS). In line with the division, Patrolman First Class Shawn Ludwig of their Site visitors Security Unit was lately named the SCDPS’s "DUI Officer of the 12 months" for class 4 within the 2020 DUI Enforcement Awards.

PFC. Ludwig is a visitors security teacher with over 650 hours of associated superior coaching. He made 25 arrests for DUI 2020 and has already made 21 arrests for DUI in 2021. That equates to 46 alternatives for visitors collisions that would have significantly injured or killed numerous folks together with all our personal households had not Pfc. Ludwig been in a position to intervene on the acceptable time.

Take into account that PFC. Ludwig’s work has far reaching implications. Even when you don't drive within the City of Lexington, these intoxicated drivers might have made it out of the city and into the encompassing areas. The truth that PFC. Ludwig bought them off the streets in Lexington implies that he has made the roads of Lexington County safer for each different motorist who's driving as they need to.

For years, the Lexington Police Division has taken visitors security significantly. Due to the great progress of the world, visitors is a high precedence for the division and its officers. In line with spokesperson for the Division, PFC. Ludwig is totally dedicated to the strategic purpose of lowering visitors collisions, accidents, and deaths.