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Oswego police, Kendall County Sheriff’s Office participating in Fourth of July traffic enforcement campaign · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Aswego Police Kendall County Sheriff's Office participating in Fourth of
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  Speaker 1: July traffic enforcement campaign. Written by Eric Shelkoff, this article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, the
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  Speaker 1: Aswego Police Department and Kendall County Sheriff's Office are working
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  Speaker 1: to get impaired drivers off the roads and encourage seat
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  Speaker 1: belt use. The safety campaign began June nineteenth and will
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  Speaker 1: continue through July sixth. We're asking all of our residents
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  Speaker 1: and visitors to celebrate Independence Day safely. Aswego Police Department
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  Speaker 1: spokesperson Kathy Navera said in a news release, It's simple.
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  Speaker 1: If you're driving, don't drink or use drugs. Our officers
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  Speaker 1: will be out in full force to keep impaired drivers
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  Speaker 1: off the road. Aswego Police will join the Illinois State
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  Speaker 1: Police and more than two hundred local police and sheriff's
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  Speaker 1: departments across the state, including the Kendall County Sheriff's Office,
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  Speaker 1: for the increased statewide enforcement effort. Motorists are urged to
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  Speaker 1: designate a sober driver this Fourth of July and not
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  Speaker 1: let friends or family members drive under the influence. Other
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  Speaker 1: tips include give your designated driver your keys before you
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  Speaker 1: go out. If you are drunk or impaired by cannabis
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  Speaker 1: or other drugs, call a taxi, take mass transit, use
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  Speaker 1: your favorite ride sharing service, or call a sober friend
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  Speaker 1: or family member to get you home safely. Promptly report
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  Speaker 1: drunk drivers to law enforcement by pulling over and dialing
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  Speaker 1: nine hundred and eleven. Make sure everyone in your vehicle
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  Speaker 1: wears their seat belt. The Illinois Independence Day enforcement campaign
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  Speaker 1: is funded with federal Highway Safety dollars, administered by the
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Department of Transportation, and supported by the Illinois State
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  Speaker 1: Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state. It's
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  Speaker 1: reinforced with I dots It's Not a Game in the
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  Speaker 1: media campaign, which shares real stories of Illinois residents lost
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  Speaker 1: in fatal crashes.