Roadside Safety Check (RSC) held in Rock Island County from late night 06/04/23 to early morning 06/05/23. The RSC was conducted on US 67 at North Ave – Milan, by Troop 2 officers. A second RSC was held in La Salle County from late night 06/23/23 to early morning 06/24/23. The RSC was conducted on US RT 6 and Dalzell Road – Ottawa, by Troop 2 officers. A third RSC was held in Rock Island County from late night 6/24/23 to early morning 06/25/23. The RSC was conducted on IL 92 at 34th St – Moline, by Troop 2 officers.
Violations Enforcement Activity:
Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Citations 3
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 5
Occupant Restraint Offenses 1
Registration Offenses 10
Driver’s License Offenses 14
Insurance Violations 9
Total Citations/Arrests 33
Total Written Warnings 36
Nighttime Enforcement (NITE) patrols in La Salle and Rock Island County during June. 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 0
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 1
Occupant Restraint Offenses 2
Registration Offenses 3
Driver’s License Offenses 4
Insurance Violations 4
Total Citations/Arrests 37
Total Written Warnings 18
Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in La Salle and Rock Island County during June. 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 2
Other Alcohol/Drug Citations 4
Occupant Restraint Offenses 0
Registration Offenses 15
Driver’s License Offenses 4
Insurance Violations 5
Total Citations/Arrests 54
Total Written Warnings 29
Distracted Driving Enforcement Program patrols held in La Salle and Rock Island County during June. 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 13
Texting while driving citations 8
Other types of distracted driving citations 0
Total distracted driving citations 22
Total distracted driving written warnings 3
Total of all citations 66
Total of all written warnings 19
Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols (OREP) held in La Salle and Rock Island County during June. 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 113
Child Restraint Citations 3
Total Citations 167
Total Written Warnings 45