THE FOLLOWING ARE ILLINOIS STATE POLICE RELEASES
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF ALCOHOL COUNTERMEASURE ENFORCEMENT PATROLS
PESOTUM – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 7 Commander, Captain Brian Dickmann, announces the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Macon and Vermillion Counties during May. These ACE patrols allowed the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to violations associated with impaired driving and illegal transportation or consumption of alcohol or drugs.
Violations Enforcement Activity
Occupant Restraint Offenses 13
Registration Offenses 11
Driver’s License Offenses 13
Insurance Violations 5
Total Citations/Arrests 45
Total Written Warnings 16
Alcohol and drug impairment are estimated to be a factor in more than 47% of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. There is one alcohol-related traffic fatality every 39 minutes in the United States. The ACE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous DUI offenders from the road. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
“Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”
ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF RECENT DISTRACTED DRIVING ENFORCEMENT
PESOTUM – Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 7 Commander, Captain Brian Dickmann, announces the results of Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols held in Macon and Vermillion Counties during May. This program provided extra patrol coverage for ISP officers to focus on saving lives and reducing serious crashes by enforcing distracted driving laws.
Violations Enforcement Activity
Hand-held phone/device citations 19
Texting while driving citations 1
Other types of distracted driving citations –
Total distracted driving citations 20
Total distracted driving written warnings –
Total of all citations 36
Total of all written warnings 4
This project was funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
