Crime & Safety

Roadside Safety Check Announced for Palos Township

Cook County Sheriff's Police will be conducting a roadside safety check in Palos Township Nov.. 1 through Nov. 2.

PALOS TOWNSHIP, IL – Cook County Sheriff’s Police will conduct a traffic safety checkpoint beginning Friday evening through early Saturday morning in Palos Township. Officers will be working to ensure drivers are complying with Illinois driver’s license and registration rules. Police will also be on the lookout for anyone who is driving impaired.

The checkpoint, which will run from 9 p.m. Nov. 1 to 3 a.m. Nov. 2, is intended to promote safe driving in order to reduce vehicle crashes in Cook County. The traffic safety checkpoint is
supported through federal funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation.

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