PESOTUM — Illinois State Police Troop 7 Captain Heather Apperson announced on Tuesday the results of Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Macon and Vermilion Counties in June.
According to a release from the State Police, these ACE patrols allowed the ISP to focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to violations associated with impaired driving and illegal transportation or consumption of alcohol or drugs.
While there were no DUI citations or other alcohol and drug citations, the State Police did has 12 occupant restraint offenses, three registration offenses, three driver’s license offenses, two insurance violations, 33 total citations/arrests and four written warnings.
Alcohol and drug impairment are estimated to be a factor in more than 47% of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois. There is one alcohol-related traffic fatality every 39 minutes in the United States. The ACE program allows officers to work even harder at removing dangerous DUI offenders from the road. This project is funded through the Illinois Department of Transportation.