Northbrook Police Release Holiday Enforcement Numbers

NORTHBROOK, IL — During the recent holiday season, police departments across the state took part in the annual "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign. In Northbrook, police added 16 additional details to its usual enforcement efforts from Dec. 16 through Jan. 2.

Police said the zero tolerance policy resulted in three arrests for impaired driving, along with a number of other citations, including:

• 74 seat belt violations
• 8 speeding violations
• 9 distracted driving violations
• 44 other citations

The Northbrook Police Department partnered with the Illinois Department of Transportation for the campaign.

"We can’t stress this enough: Impaired driving is illegal, potentially deadly behavior, and it puts the driver, passengers and all road users at risk," Northbrook Sergeant Chris Lacina said. "The ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign helps our law enforcement officers address this problem head on. If you use any impairing substance, do not get behind the wheel of a vehicle."

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System, in 2020, a total of 11,654 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver. On average, more than 10,000 people were killed each year from 2016 to 2020, with one person killed in an alcohol-related crash every 45 minutes in 2020.

The holiday enforcement campaign is administered by IDOT with federal highway safety funds managed by NHTSA.