Monday, December 31, 2012
Campaign continues through New Year's Eve.
As Elmhurst police continue their DUI enforcement campaign, eight more arrests for drunken driving were reported between Dec. 28 and 30. Extra officers will continue to be on the street through the overnight hours Dec. 31-Jan. 1. The following DUI arrests were reported Friday through Sunday: Francisco Barraza, 43, 1725 N. 20th Ave., Melrose Park, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and illegal transportation of alcohol after his Ford Escort was involved in an accident at Butterfield and Mitchell at 2:02 p.m. Dec. 28. He also was charged with failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident. He was released on bond. Matthew M. Linden, 29, 156 S. Wisconsin Ave., Villa Park, was arrested and charged with DUI after…
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Extra Elmhurst police officers again will be out during the overnight hours to stop drunk drivers and seat belt violators.
- POLICE & FIRE
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
The Elmhurst Police Department has begun its holiday “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over/Click It or Ticket” crackdown. The intensified enforcement effort against drunk drivers and seat belt law violators underscores the disproportionate number of traffic deaths caused by alcohol and failure to buckle up. The stepped-up enforcement began Dec. 17 and runs through New Year’s Eve. Enforcement efforts will concentrate on the deadly nighttime hours, between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. According to data from the Illinois Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the midnight to 3 a.m. time frame is the deadliest time on Illinois roadways, and data shows that 9 p.m. is the time of day alcohol involvement and low seat …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Enforcement campaign in full swing through July 4.
- PUBLIC SAFETY
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Elmhurst Police Department is in the middle of a two-week enforcement period designed to make the roads safer for all drivers. The city received a year-long grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation so it can beef up patrols to find more impaired drivers and drivers not wearing their seat belts. The current campaign began June 22 and will continue through Wednesday, July 4. The additional officers will be out between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., which are the most dangerous times on Illinois roadways. Statistics show the week of July 4 is one of the most dangerous times to be on the road due to the increase in drunken driving, according to a press release from the Elmhurst Police Department. Elmhurst police reported a number of DUI …
Stewart Levine
7:58 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
I think it's great, who wants people driving around wasted or loaded? 951 traffic deaths in the state of illinois in 2012, i just would like to see mandatory prison sentances for DUI's and a biological film type skin patch with nanotechnology so these people can be watched via satellite and tracked There should be a sentence option (B.) like you have to volunteer to change bed pans at senior … more ›