HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – Horry County Police Department’s Fifth Precinct is now in operation, bringing a permanently increased law enforcement presence to the Carolina Forest area.
The precinct’s first day in operation was Dec. 9. Police Chief Kris Leonhardt says that adding the precinct had been in the works for years.
“We’ve talked the Fifth Precinct model for quite a while, almost since the inception of the original precincts, just knowing that future growth was coming,” Leonhardt says…