Thursday, March 7, 2013
Gwinnett County Commission approves lease for new Georgia State Patrol post in the former Edwin Watts Golf Shop in unincorporated Duluth.
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Thursday, March 7
A new Georgia State Patrol post will be established on Pleasant Hill Road in Duluth providing additional law enforcement presence in the area. The GSP post will be located in a portion of the former Edwin Watt Golf Shop at 1645 Pleasant Hill Road in unincorporated Duluth. The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved a $31,000 lease agreement March 5 with R.W. Management for one year with two one-year renewal options, according to a news release issued by Gwinnett County. A permanent facility will be considered in the future. The Gwinnett County Police Department’s special justice fund, which receives revenue from confiscated assets and the sale of property associated with illegal drug and narcotics activity, will fund the new post …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
The 102-hour travel period ended at midnight on Dec. 25.
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
A total of 17 traffic deaths were reported in Georgia for the 102-hour holiday travel period which began Friday, Dec. 21 at at 6 p.m. and ended Tuesday, Dec. 25 at midnight, according to the Georgia State Patrol (GSP). GSP troopers investigated 685 crashes resulting in 300 injuries and 11 fatalities. Six traffic fatalities were investigated by other law enforcement agencies. The number of traffic-related deaths is much higher than in 2011 when three people were killed in accidents during the Christmas holiday travel period.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Georgia State Patrol troopers investigated more than 600 accidents.
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Monday, November 26, 2012
Nineteen people were killed and 263 people injured as a result of car accidents over the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period. The holiday travel period began at 6 p.m. on Nov. 21 and ended at midnight on Nov. 25. The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) investigated 11 of the 19 fatal crashes and handled 622 traffic accidents in all. Alcohol is believed to have been a contributing factor in four of the 11 traffic deaths investigated by troopers. Seven of the victims were not wearing seat belts. GSP also investigated one fatality involving a pedestrian. "Almost all of the fatal crashes involved either speed, alcohol, or the victim failing to use a seat belt," GSP public information officer Gordy Wright said in a released statement. The other …
Friday, January 6, 2012
The state Public Safety Commissioner makes the announcement about the veteran trooper in the New Year's Eve incident.
The Georgia State Patrolman involved in the New Year's Eve crash that killed Kathy Porter of Loganville has been fired, the Georgia Department of Public Safety commissioner announced Friday. Trooper First Class Donald Crozier, a 10-year veteran of the Georgia State Patrol, collided with a vehicle driven by Atlanta Braves trainer Jeff Porter, also sending the trooper, Jeff Porter and the Porters' 19-old-old son to the hospital and killing Porter’s wife, Kathy, 54. Col. Mark McDonough, Public Service commissioner, said in a press release that separate investigations by the GSP Specialized Accident Reconstruction Team, the department's Special Investigations Team, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Fulton County District Attorney’s …
Friday, December 23, 2011
The 78-hour Christmas holiday travel period begins at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23, and ends Monday night, Dec. 26.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
The Georgia State Patrol will be watching for impaired drivers, speeders and unrestrained drivers and passengers during Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel periods, according to a GSP announcement. Troopers are cautioning drivers to designate a sober driver if alcohol consumption will be part of holoday celebrations. The Christmas holiday travel period begins Friday, Dec. 23, at 6 p.m. and ends Monday night, Dec. 26. The New Year’s holiday period starts Friday, Dec. 30, at 6 p.m. and concludes Monday night, Jan. 2. Both holiday periods are 78 hours long. “Each holiday period, troopers are called to investigate traffic crashes involving serious injuries or fatalities, and these crashes could have been prevented,” Col. Mark McDonough, …
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Georgia State Patrol Troopers to be patrolling during holiday period. Motorists urged to 'Buckle Up.'
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
The Georgia State Patrol is reminding drivers to make safety a priority while traveling to visit family and friends for Thanksgiving Day. The Thanksgiving holiday period is one of the heaviest-traveled in Georgia each year, according to a GSP holiday travel advisory. This year, the holiday travel period will cover 102 hours beginning Wednesday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. and ending at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27. During last year’s Thanksgiving period, the Georgia State Patrol investigated 437 traffic crashes that resulted in 397 injuries and eight fatalities. Statewide there were 2,571 crashes, 1,099 injuries and 13 traffic deaths, according to statistics from the Crash Reporting Unit at the Georgia Department of Transportation. The highest number of …
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Update: A child, reported as one of the fatalities, is in fact still alive. That would make only six traffic fatalities reported on Georgia roads compared to 14 for the same period last year.
Update: GSP Patrol spokesman confirms Alex Fowlin, who is 10 and not 11, did not die in the wreck as reported and is in fact alive and at Egleston. Despite wet roads on the last day of the Labor Day Weekend, the Georgia Department of Public Safety reported a significant drop in traffic fatalities on Georgia Roads over the 78-hour travel weekend. For reporting purposes, the Labor Day travel weekend is from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. According to the Georgia Department of Public Safety website, there were seven fatalities reported statewide during this period. Georgia State Patrol reported 435 crashes with 225 injuries. Last year the GSP reported 360 crashes with 211 injuries and 13 fatalities. Statewide in 2010, with all agencies …
Friday, September 2, 2011
Georgia State Patrol will be patrolling interstates and secondary road to catch speeders, drunk drivers and other violators during long Labor Day holiday weekend.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
The three-day Labor Day holiday travel period starts at 6 p.m. and ends at midnight Monday. Georgia State Troopers are anticipating a busy holiday weekend with heavy traffic, the Georgia Department of Public Safety announced. During the 2010 Labor Day period, traffic crashes in Georgia claimed the lives of 14 people, according to crash statistics from the Crash Reporting Unit at the Georgia Department of Transportation. There were 2,580 traffic crashes and 1,042 injuries also reported during the 78-hour holiday period Georgia State Troopers and Motor Carrier Compliance Division Officers will be patrolling throughout the holiday weekend, Col. Mark McDonough, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, said in the announcement. …
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Georgia State Patrol reports travel period more deadly than last year.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The July 4th holiday travel period appeared to be more fatal this year than last, with 19 fatalities reported from law enforcement agencies throughout the state versus 11 in 2010. The Georgia State Patrol reported 313 crashes over the travel period, which ran from 6 p.m. on Friday to midnight on July 4. During that 78-hour period, the agency also reported 230 injuries. The Gainesville and Cumming area were especially fatal, with seven total traffic-related deaths reported. There were a total of 17 fatal crashes (some crashes had more than one fatality), occurring in the following Georgia State Patrol posts: Troop A (0): Troop B (7): GSP Blue Ridge (2); GSP Cumming; GSP Gainesville (3 fatalities in two fatal crashes); Gainesville …
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Troopers will be watching for impaired drivers, speeders and other violators.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Georgia State Patrol has one primary goal this 4th of July weekend -- to keep the accident count as low as possible. Last year, more than 1,800 accidents occurred over the Independence Day holiday weekend. Those accidents resulted in 834 injuries and 11 fatalities. Col. Bill Hitchens, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, said troopers will be watching for drivers under the influence, speeders and motorists not using seat belts. “Our Troopers and MCCD Officers will be concentrating on the most common violations identified as contributing factors in fatal traffic crashes," Hitchens said in a released statement. Operation Zero Tolerance is also continuing across Georgia this weekend. The focus of the program is to …
Faye Edmundson
11:07 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
The story states the GSP post would be located in unincorporated Duluth. more ›