ISP 8/21 ACE patrol

 Illinois State Police District 7, announced the results of an Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (A.C.E.) patrol which was conducted on Sunday August 21, 2011 in Rock Island County.

    Illinois State Police (ISP) Troopers made 21 arrests:

        Suspended driver’s license                1    

        Speeding                        1       

        Failure to wear safety belt                7       

        Illinois Vehicle Code violation(s)            12

        Written Warning                    42       

    The ISP wishes to remind those who drink and drive that future patrols will be conducted and the ISP will continue to work to save lives by taking DUI offenders off the road, arresting them, and locking them up.

    A.C.E. patrols are funded through a grant from the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.  The grant is administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.

One driving fatality is one too many and Illinois State Police remain committed to Driving Zero Fatalities to a Reality.