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Kendall County Sheriff’s Office participating in year-long traffic enforcement campaign · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Kendall County Sheriff’s Office participating in year-long traffic enforcement campaign.
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  Written by Eric Shelkov. This article is being read by an automated
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  voice brought to you by Everlet. TIA, The
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  Kendall County Sheriff's Office, has announced it is conducting a year-long enhanced
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  traffic enforcement campaign. The traffic enforcement effort is supported by a federal
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  sustained traffic enforcement program grant administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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  The grant is funded by federal highway safety funds through the Illinois
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  Department of Transportation. The fiscal 2027 STEP grant period runs from October
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  1st through September 30th. Throughout the grant year, the Sheriff's Office will
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  conduct additional enforcement, including during periods with a higher risk of serious
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  crashes, according to a news release from the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office
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  Deputies will focus on impaired driving, speeding, distracted driving, failure to yield,
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  disobeying traffic signals and seatbelt violations according to the release. During the
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  previous year-long enhanced traffic enforcement campaign which ended on September 30, the
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  Kendall County Sheriff's Office issued 690 speeding tickets and made six DUI
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  arrests. In addition, the Sheriff's Office made seven criminal arrests and 15
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  traffic arrests, along with issuing five occupant restraint citations, 25 electronic device
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  use citations, and 86 other traffic citations.