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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Village of
4 Carol Stream Police Department on a great achievement; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The police department's 584 DUI arrests last year
6 ranked third on an annual list compiled by the Alliance Against
7 Intoxicated Motorists, an activist group based in Schaumburg;
8 and
 
9     WHEREAS, The two cities that ranked ahead of Carol Stream,
10 Rockford and Naperville, have a population about three times
11 the size of Carol Stream.; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Carol Stream's 26 percent jump in DUI arrests last
13 year follows a 20 percent increase in 2005, when the police
14 department nabbed 463 drunken drivers; among the department's
15 most successful initiatives is "RID" (reduce intoxicated
16 drivers) nights, when the department places at least three
17 additional officers on traffic patrol, generally during
18 weekends and holidays; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Officers participated in staging car breakdowns,
20 dressing up as homeless people walking the sides of major
21 roadways and partnering with the Illinois State police to use a

 

 

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1 plane to fly over sections of North Avenue to catch delinquent
2 drivers; and
 
3     WHEREAS, This is an effective program that shows how the
4 Carol Stream Police Department is honoring its responsibility
5 toward the safety of the community; therefore, be it
 
6     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8 congratulate the Carol Stream police department on its hard
9 work and dedication in making Carol Stream a great place to
10 live; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to the Carol Stream Police Department as a symbol of
13 our respect.