Labor Day Traffic Safety Enforcement Effort Underway In Buffalo Grove: Police

BUFFALO GROVE, IL — Starting Friday, local police are joining over 200 law enforcement agencies across Illinois for several traffic safety enforcement efforts focused on impaired, distracted and unsafe driving. Buffalo Grove police will be taking part in the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over," "Drive High Get a DUI," and "Click It or Ticket" campaigns, which run through the early morning hours of Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day.

According to the BGPD, officers will be "out in force" focused on stopping impaired driving, enforcing seat belt laws and reducing other dangerous driving behaviors.

"Driving under the influence — whether it's alcohol, cannabis or any impairing drug — is not just risky, it’s illegal," Buffalo Grove Police Commander Tony Turano said. "We'll be patrolling with zero tolerance for impaired driving, because our goal is to protect the people of Buffalo Grove."

This local effort is 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. The initiative is reinforced by IDOT's "It's Not a Game" media campaign running across radio, TV and digital platforms to highlight the deadly consequences of impaired driving.