Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Whiteside and Winnebago counties 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
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Citations – 0
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations – 2
Occupant Restraint Offenses – 6
Registration Offenses – 19
Driver’s License Offenses – 6
Insurance Violations – 9
Total Citations – 104
Total Arrests – 6
Total Written Warnings – 26
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.
Distracted Driving Enforcement Patrols held in Lee, Stephenson, Whiteside and Winnebago counties 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 – 18
Texting while driving citations – 19
Other types of distracted driving citations – 0
Total distracted driving citations – 37
Total distracted driving written warnings – 0
Total of all citations – 84
Total of all written warnings – 9
This project was funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in Whiteside and Winnebago counties allowed the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to impaired driving and occupant restraint violations, especially between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Violations & Enforcement Activity
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Citations – 1
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations – 1
Occupant Restraint Offenses – 4
Registration Offenses – 19
Driver’s License Offenses – 14
Insurance Violations – 10
Total Citations – 103
Total Arrests – 9
Total Written Warnings – 33
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. Over half of all fatal crashes in Illinois occur at night. The NITE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous impaired drivers from the road and making sure everyone is buckled up. This project was funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) held in Lee, Stephenson, Whiteside, and Winnebago counties provided extra patrol coverage for the ISP so officers could focus on saving lives by making sure all vehicle occupants were buckled up.
Violations & Enforcement Activity
Safety Belt Citations – 29
Child Restraint Citations – 4
Total Citations – 95
Total Written Warnings – 17
Most motorists know safety belts save lives, but some ignore their safety and that of their families by neglecting to use safety belts and child restraint devices. These patrols reinforce the occupant protection message by focusing on those who ignore the law. Lives can be saved if people simply “buckle up!” This project was funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.
