Bolingbrook Police Issues 36 Citations During Child Passenger Safety Enforcement

BOLINGBROOK, IL — The Bolingbrook Police Department recently finished a traffic enforcement campaign that was focused on ensuring child passenger safety throughout the community, police said in a news release.

Officers conducted targeted patrols which resulted in 36 citations issued for car seat, seat belt, speeding, and other traffic law violations.

Police reminded residents that proper use of child safety seats and seat belts significantly reduces the risk of serious injury or death.

"Many injuries occur not because someone is driving recklessly, but because child passengers are not properly restrained or are using the wrong kind of restraint. Buckling up is the most effective way to prevent serious injury or death in a crash. Everyone in the vehicle — front seat or back — should be properly buckled, every trip," police said in a release.

This local effort was part of a larger statewide campaign supported by the Illinois Department of Transportation, which administers the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Click It or Ticket” campaigns with federal highway safety funds.