Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 2 Commander, Captain Jason Dickey, announces the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in La Salle and Rock Island counties during March. 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
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Citations 4
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 2
Occupant Restraint Offenses 0
Registration Offenses 2
Driver’s License Offenses 2
Insurance Violations 1
Total Citations/Arrests 34
Total Written Warnings 1
Alcohol and drug impairment are factors in more than 30% of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. There is one alcohol-related traffic fatality every 53 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.
Illinois State Police (ISP) Troop 2 Commander Captain Jason Dickey announces the results of Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols held in La Salle and Rock Island counties during April. 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 12
Texting while driving citations 0
Other types of distracted driving citations 0
Total distracted driving citations 12
Total distracted driving written warnings 0
Total of all citations 29
Total of all written warnings 3
The extra enforcement patrols were made possible by federal traffic safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
