Police Arrest 5 for DUI, Hand Out 26 Speeding Tickets During St. Patrick's Day Enforcement

The Downers Grove Police Department made five drunken driving arrests, including one where the driver was also charged with endangering the life of a child, during its recent St. Patrick's Day crackdown. 

Police also made three arrests for license violations and two for possession of drug paraphernalia and handed out five seat belt citations, 26 speeding tickets and cited three for cell phone violations during the nighttime hours over the St. Patrick's Day holiday, said Lt. Michael Willison in a Downers Grove Police Department press release. 

The Downers Grove Police 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.  

This law enforcement crackdown was funded by federal traffic safety grants through IDOT’s Division of Traffic Safety and is part of the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns.

Source: Downers Grove Police Department press release