Oak Forest Police Plan for Labor Day Crackdown

This press release was submitted by the City of Oak Forest:

The Oak Forest Police Department today announced plans for its Labor Day traffic enforcement, focusing on unbuckled drivers. The intensified enforcement effort will focus on late-night hours as statistics show a disproportionate number of traffic deaths occur late at night and involve a drunk driver and/or unbuckled motorist. The crackdown is part of the statewide Labor Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over and Click It or Ticket effort.

“As the summer winds down and the kids are going back to school, it is important for drivers to remember that safety must come first,” said Deputy Chief Dominic D’Ambrosio.

The Oak Forest Police Department will join the Illinois State Police and hundreds of local police and sheriff’s departments in the statewide Labor Day enforcement effort. The law enforcement crackdown is funded by federal traffic safety funds through the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Division of Traffic Safety. The crackdown runs concurrently with a media campaign that reminds motorists, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket.”