It started two days ago and will continue until the day after New Year’s Day.

Headlines used by various police departments include

Drive High, Get a DUI

and

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

and’

Drive merry, bright and sober this holiday season

Participating departments se ding out press releases are

  • Algonquin
  • Lake in the Hills

Lake in the Hills results for Thanksgiving follow:

  • 7 Distracted Driving
  • 1 Disobeyed Traffic Control Signal
  • 2 Suspended Registration
  • 2 Expired Registration
  • 12 Failure to Wear Seat Belt
  • 29 Speeding
  • 2 No Insurance
  • 1 Improper U-Turn
  • 1 Improper Display of Registration
  • 1 Arrest DUI/DUI Over .08 and Driving While License Revoked
  • 1 Arrest Speeding 35+ MPH Over the Speed Limit
  • 1 Arrest No Valid Driver’s License and Speeding 35+MPH Over the Speed Limit

During the Thanksgiving enhanced enforcement period, the Sheriff’s Department issued 117 citations:

  • 50 speeding citations
  • 17 other various citations
  • 15 seat belt citations
  • 13 uninsured motorists
  • 11 electronic communication citations
  • 3 DUI arrest
  • 2 child car seat citations
  • 2 no valid driver’s license citations
  • 2 suspended registration citations
  • 1 suspended/revoked license citation
  • 1 transportation of open alcohol citation

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