Palatine Police Memorial Day Traffic Safety Campaign Start Friday

Starting Friday, May 10 through Monday, May 27, Palatine Police will conduct saturation patrols focused on DUI and seatbelt enforcement.

Palatine Police, with the assistance of grant funding provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation, we will be participating in the Memorial Day Holiday Traffic Safety Campaign from May 10th through May 27th, 2013.   Enforcement will consist of uniformed officers in marked patrol vehicles on dedicated saturation patrols focusing on DUI and seatbelt enforcement. Additionally, the police department will initiate six Safety Belt Enforcement Zones (SBEZ’s) throughout Palatine to enforce seat belt use.   Enforcement will be conducted predominantly during the late night/early morning as research shows that between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m., the most serious traffic accidents due to impaired driving, speeding, and the failure of …

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Palatine Police: St. Patrick's Day Enforcement Results

During the St. Patrick's Day holiday period from March 14-17, Palatine Police were out in force between midnight and 3 a.m. to minimize the deadliest times on roadways.

The Palatine Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation in their St. Patrick’s Day Holiday Traffic Safety Crackdown. Through a traffic safety grant, I.D.O.T. supplied funds to increase the number of uniformed Palatine Police officers on the roadways enforcing traffic laws over the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday period between March 14th - 17th.  The focus of this campaign was to get intoxicated motorists off the roads and make sure vehicle occupants were kept safe through the enforcement of seat belt use. Through the holiday, Palatine Police uniformed officers hit the streets on dedicated traffic enforcement saturation patrols. These saturation patrols emphasized the hours of midnight to 3:00 am which have …

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Palatine Police Step Up Patrols for St. Patrick's Day Holiday

From March 14 through March 17, Palatine Police will conduct a holiday enforcement campaign, including saturation patrols and roadside safety checks.

Palatine Police will be enforcing the “Click it or Ticket” campaign, as well as the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign for the St. Patrick's Day holiday period. From the Palatine Police Department: The Palatine Police Department is dedicated to keeping our roadways safe through aggressive traffic enforcement measures.  With the assistance of grant funding provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation, we will be participating in the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday Traffic Safety Crackdown.  From March 14 through March 17, 2013, the Palatine Police Department will be saturating the roadways with extra officers focusing on enforcement of impaired driving and occupant protection laws.  These are found to be the greatest contributing…

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Palatine Police Holiday Enforcement Campaign Nets 62 Tickets/Arrests

During the holiday enforcement campaign from December 17, 2012 through January 1, 2012, offenses included those for seatbelt violations, DUI, possession of cannabis and other offenses.

The “Click it or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign sponsored by Palatine Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation netted more than 60 arrests an/or tickets between December 17, 2012 and January 1, 2013.  Commander Mike Seebacher with the Palatine Police Department said in a press release the offenses were discovered through regular patrols in addition to roadside safety checks conducted in Palatine through the holiday period.  The cost of the effort was covered by a traffic safety grant provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation.  "The focus of the grant was to improve traffic safety through enforcement of impaired driving and seatbelt laws," Seebacher said in the release.   A breakdown of the …

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Drunk Driving by the Numbers

New Year’s Eve continues a big night for drunk driving enforcement and arrests.

The slogan “Don’t Drink and Drive” can become trite until you consider the numbers. Numbers like the 258 lives lost in Illinois in drunk driving crashes in 2012. It is one of the statistics that local and state police hope makes you think twice about drinking and driving, especiall tonight as holiday celebrations continue for New Year's Eve.  Police throughout the area, including sheriff’s deputies in Lake, Cook and McHenry County, will be conducting special drunk driving enforcements. Illinois State police will be conducting roadside safety checks and special alcohol enforcement on highways and tollways. The patrols will focus on four areas that often cause fatal crashes: speeding, DUI, seat belt compliance and distracted driving, …

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Palatine Police Increase Holiday Patrols

Palatine police will be out in force to keep village roads safe from intoxicated drivers and other violations.

Palatine Police Plan Increased Enforcement, Roadside Checks for Holidays

The “Click it or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaigns will again be in effect for the holidays, in addition to roadside safety checks now through January 1.

Palatine Police will again be working to keep the roads safe as holiday celebrations commence from Christmas to New Year's Eve during the holiday enforcement campaign.  Through grant assistance from the Illinois Departmentof Transportation, Palatine police will be conducting saturation patrols as they have during past major holiday periods. Both the “Click it or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaigns will be in full-effect, and now through January 1, 2013, police officers will be on the lookout for impaired drivers, safety belt and speeding violations.  Studies show that the above factors cause the majority of serious injuries and fatal car crashes, according to a Palatine Police press release.  "The Palatine Police …

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98 Tickets, 5 DUI Arrests: Palatine Police Holiday Enforcement Campaign

The “Click it or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign partnership between Palatine Police and IDOT netted dozens of tickets and five DUI arrests between November 12-25.

There were 98 tickets issued for various violations and five DUI arrests were made during the Thanksgiving Holiday Enforcement Campaign by Palatine Police. In partnership with the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), police enforced “Click it or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” between November 12-25. Similar campaigns are held around July 4, Labor Day and Christmas.  A traffic safety grant awarded by IDOT enabled police to increase patrols during that time period to ensure residents driving on Palatine roads were kept safe during holiday celebrations. During major holiday periods, police regularly step up patrols.  Below is the breakdown of tickets and arrests: As part of the campaign, Safety Belt Enfocement Zones …

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