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Utica police ramp up traffic enforcement through July 6 · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Utica police ramp up traffic enforcement through July sixth. Written
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  by Tom Collins, This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Police in Utica
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  are launching a traffic enforcement campaign through July sixth, focusing
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  on impaired and unbuckled drivers. The Independence Day Safety campaign
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  encompasses three summer weekends leading up two and after the
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  Fourth of July holiday. We're asking all of our residents
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  and visitors to celebrate Independence Day safely, said Chief James Vandujano.
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  It's simple. It's simple. If you're driving, don't drink or
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  use drugs. Our officers will be out in full force
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  to keep impaired drivers off the road. The announcement was
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  issued Thursday and follows an unusually busy stretch of drunk
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  driving arrests. As previously reported, DUI arrests are up nearly
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  a third in LaSalle County over last year. The department
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  joins Illinois State Police and more than two hundred local
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  police and sheriff's departments for the increased statewide enforcement effort
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  this fourth of July. Designate a sober driver and don't
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  let friends or family members drive under the influence, Mandajano said.
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  Motorists who plan to imbibe this holiday are urged to
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  identify a designated driver and hand over the keys. Alternatively,
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  motorists who become impaired should send for a taxi or
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  ride share service or simply reach out to a friend
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  for family member. Sober drivers are asked to help police
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  by reporting impaired drivers by calling nine hundred and eleven.
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  In all cases, motorists should buckle up and ensure that
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  all passengers are wearing their seat belts. It is the
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  best defense against an impaired motorist. The Illinois Independence Day
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  Enforcement campaign is funded with Federal Highway Safety dollars, administered
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  by the Illinois Department of Transportation, and supported by the
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  Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state.
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  It's reinforced with I doots. It's not a game media
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  campaign which shares real stories of Illinois residents lost in
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  fatal crashes.