State police announce special patrols
Illinois State Police District 15 officials say officers will conduct Nighttime Enforcement Patrols between Saturday and Monday on the Tri-State Tollway in Cook and the Veterans Memorial Tollway (I-355) in DuPage and Will counties.
The NITE program focuses enforcement efforts on drivers who are impaired and occupants of motor vehicles who are not wearing their seat belts, according to a news release. The patrols will be conducted during nighttime hours when impaired driving crashes causing death or serious injury occur at higher rates.
Troopers will have a zero-tolerance approach to impaired and unrestrained drivers during the patrols, officials said.
The NITE project is funded through IDOT's Division of Traffic Safety.
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