Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) held in La Salle and Rock Island County during September. These OREPs 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 46
Child Restraint Citations 1
Total Citations 61
Total Written Warnings 21
Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in La Salle and Rock Island County during September. These NITE patrols 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 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Violations Enforcement Activity:
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Citations 2
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 4
Occupant Restraint Offenses 5
Registration Offenses 13
Driver’s License Offenses 2
Insurance Violations 5
Total Citations/Arrests 72
Total Written Warnings 18
Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols held in La Salle and Rock Island County during September. 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 26
Texting while driving citations 22
Other types of distracted driving citations 0
Total distracted driving citations 48
Total distracted driving written warnings 0
Total of all citations 62
Total of all written warnings 16
Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in La Salle and Rock Island County during September. 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 1
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 3
Occupant Restraint Offenses 2
Registration Offenses 6
Driver’s License Offenses 9
Insurance Violations 4
Total Citations/Arrests 45
Total Written Warnings 7
