Thanksgiving Enforcement Nets 4 Arrests, Over 100 Tickets: Police

EVANSTON, IL — Police announced the results of a Thanksgiving enforcement campaign targeting impaired driving and seat belt, child seat and cell phone violations. During the holiday mobilization, officers focused on finding violations late at night, since that's when the most fatalities connected to being unbuckled and impaired driving occur, according to police.

The effort took place between Nov. 22 and Dec. 2 in conjunction with other state law enforcement agencies and was paid for with federal highway safety funds, Evanston police said in a release. Funding for the program is administrated through the Illinois Department of Transportation. It is part of the national "Click It or Ticket" and "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaigns, it said.

As part of the program, police arrested one driver on suspicion of driving under the influence, another who was charged with a felony for driving after their license had been revoked following a previous DUI charge, one for driving with a suspended license and one on a warrant for an unspecified offense.

Police also issued 53 failure to wear seat belt citations, 22 cell phone use citations, 12 no insurance citations, 10 other citations, seven speeding tickets, and five failure to secure child citations. Evanston police also said they seized a vehicle, though it was not immediately clear from whom or under what circumstances — more information will be added as received from police.