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Deputies step up patrols on West Point Lake following tragic 2025 season
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- When:
- June 5, 2026 ยท 8:56 PM
- Where:
- Concerns grow over wrong
- Source:
- Concerns grow over wrong
Deputies are ramping up patrols on West Point Lake to confront safety dangers as improving summer weather threatens to bring a surge of visitors to the Troup County waters. West Point Lake patrols Troup County sheriff's deputies are actively patrolling West Point Lake this morning to prevent a repeat of last summer's deadly drowning surge. Investigators found that inexperience was the primary factor in an unusually fatal period during 2025, which saw three drownings strike within a two-week wind