St Patrick Day Results_201403211116332145FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oak Brook Police Department
1200 Oak Brook Road
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(630) 368-8702
Contact:
Officer Erica Huff
Public Information Officer
(630)368-8734
ehuffaoak-brook.org
Oak Brook Police Department Announces St. Patrick's Day
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Crackdown Results
OAK BROOK, IL —March 2014 —The Oak Brook Police Department joined forces with other
state and local law enforcement and highway safety partners in the Illinois St. Patrick's Day
campaign. The campaign featured high -visibility enforcement combined with a variety of outreach
activities which included a strategic media campaign as well as additional enforcement activity.
The crackdown took place as data shows a recent increase in drunk driving fatalities in Illinois.
During the mobilization,. the Oak Brook Police Department issued:
• 23 speeding citations
• 6 Uninsured Motor Vehicle citations
8 other citations
This law enforcement crackdown was funded by federal traffic safety grants tluough IDOT's
Division of Traffic Safety and is part of the statewide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" and "Click
It or Ticket' campaigns.
For more information on the Illinois Click It or Ticket and Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
campaigns, please visit www.buckleupillinois.or0
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Released 03/21/14 at 1200hrs.
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