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In the wake of the tragic Christmas eve fatal shooting over a vehicle's towing and a myriad of other towing complaints, Beaufort County has begun looking into how it might be able to diffuse such future situations. 

The Island Packet has a report on the current thinking of new regulation and fee caps and what other nearby counties have done; read the lengthy report here.

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