Illinois State Police Troop 9 conducted multiple focused patrols throughout the region in September. Captain Nathan Douglas has announced results of those enforcement zones.
Occupant Restraint Enforcement Patrols were held in White and Jasper County resulted in 22 safety belt citations including 1 Child Restraint ticket. Troopers also issued 13 warnings.
Nighttime Enforcement patrols in Effingham and Wayne Counties focused on 6pm to 6am resulted in 41 total written warnings, 10 registration offenses, a total of 4 drivers license and insurance violations, and 9 other citations or arrests including a DUI.
Distracted Driving patrols held in Wayne and Marion Counties resulted in 15 hand-held phone/device citations as well as a texting while driving ticket. Another 6 unrelated citations were issued and 9 written warnings were also given out.
Kurt
September 30, 2023 at 7:44 amAs this slave camp that we call a civilization devolves into what it really is. We see more and more police presents. We have a constitution in this country that states that our rights are to be protected by the police.
What happened to that? I am a senior citizen with a clean record living in MT. Sterling IL
and Im being hurassed to move by the Chife of police , to move, because I aint from here.
What kind of police do we have these days
Are we mobing in to a police state? Or what?
Nic
September 30, 2023 at 11:27 amIllinois is losing residents at an alarming rate , the more that leave the more taxes and utilities go up and then more people leave. You’d think they would be begging you to stay!