DuPage County Cops Cite 27 Motorists for Speeding in School Zones

By Amie Schaenzer | Patch Editor (Patch Staff)

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office handed out 34 citations to motorists who police said violated traffic laws in school zones in unincorporated areas of the county.

The sheriff’s office conducted the school safety campaign during September, which was meant to target speeders in school zones, according to a DuPage County Sheriff’s Office press release. Police handed out 27 citations for speed violations, five for disobeying a traffic device, and the rest for miscellaneous violations such as failure to wear a seat belt or having no insurance.

Twelve of the citations were written in unincorporated Medinah at Medinah Intermediate. Five citations were handed out at Montini Catholic High School and another five at Butterfield Elementary School in unincorporated Lombard.

Meanwhile, police issued four citations at Benjamin Middle School in unincorporated West Chicago and tickets were also issued at unincorporated schools in Naperville and Lemont.

“I’m pleased to see more and more people obeying the traffic laws while driving through school zones,” said DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba. “As I’ve said many times before, this back-to-school safety strategy isn’t about arresting people and writing tickets, it is about achieving compliance and educating motorists, as well as our children, about safety.”