RED SPRINGS, N.C. (WPDE) — The Red Springs Police Department partnered with several state and local law enforcement agencies to conduct an operation on Tuesday, addressing highway safety and violent crimes in the community.
It included the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) event and a violent crimes operation led by the Southern Violent Crimes Task Force.
The Highway Safety Program is an awareness campaign to help prevent impaired driving and other vehicle law violations. Law enforcement positioned checkpoints to check for sobriety, valid driver’s licenses and other traffic laws such as wearing a seatbelt…