Naperville PD Click It Or Ticket Campaign Yields 46 Citations

NAPERVILLE, IL — A recent seatbelt and speed limit enforcement campaign run by the Naperville Police Department over the Memorial Day weekend yielded 46 citations being issued by officers, the department announced on Thursday.

Among the citations issued by the department during the weekend enforcement period, 15 tickets were for speeding and 14 were for motorists not wearing seatbelts. Officers assigned to the enforcement detail also made two drug arrests, one felony arrest and one arrest for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, the department said in a news release.

Although Illinois’ seatbelt compliance rate for 2020 was just under 95 percent, motorists not wearing seatbelts still accounted for half of the people killed in automobile accidents. The Click It Or Ticket campaign aims to change the behavior of millions of people across the country who don’t wear seatbelts, the release said.

“Through the Memorial Day enforcement campaign, we helped make Illinois roads safer and spread the word that seat belts save lives,” Naperville Police Sgt. Rick Krakow said in the release.