Trooper Pulls Over Mayor, Mayor Returns The Favor!

Subscribe Now To Catch All Of The Action! –The South Carolina Department of Public Safety has released a copy of a patrolman’s dash camera video showing the trooper ticketing Norway’s mayor and then being pulled over himself — by the mayor. DMV records show Norway Mayor Jim Preacher was driving the town’s unmarked Dodge Charger 70 mph in a 55 mph zone on Jan. 18. Preacher was just outside the town’s limits when the trooper picked up the speeding on his radar. After the trooper issued Preacher a four-point ticket, the video shows Preacher make a U-turn and turn his lights and sirens on to make a stop on the trooper. “Can I see your driver’s license,” the Norway mayor asked the trooper. The trooper pulls his license out when Preacher tells him the reason for the stop, “Are you familiar with interfering with a police officer?” Preacher asked. Preacher claims he was acting as the town’s chief constable and was investigating an attempted armed robbery at a gas station that night in Norway. Preacher was driving the former chief’s patrol car. Norway has been without a police department since August 2011, after former mayor Cindy Williams sent a letter to the state’s criminal justice academy, stating that Norway “disbanded” its police force because the town couldn’t afford the officers. Preacher took the trooper’s license and patrol car registration and spent 23 minutes with it, sitting inside his Charger. The trooper’s dash cam audio caught the entire episode. You can hear the <b>…</b>

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