Crime & Safety

Drunken Drivers: How Many Did New Lenox Police Catch Last Year?

Statistics from the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists show which police departments in the area made the most DUI arrests per officer in 2012.

The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists released its annual survey of Illinois arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol on Tuesday.

Mokena police made the most DUIs arrests of the Lincoln-Way communities, with 30 sworn officers making 82 arrest. Frankfort was a close second with 81. New Lenox came in at 50.

The survey contains 2012 arrest data for all Illinois counties and for nearly all towns. The above chart shows the data for Southland towns in Cook County, sorted by DUI arrest rate per sworn officer.

“One reason AAIM continues to survey and report the number of impaired driving arrests throughout Illinois because traffic safety advocates believe that drunk drivers who are arrested are the fortunate ones," AAIM Board Vice President and crash survivor, Marti Belluschi said in a press release.

"In our impaired driving prevention programs, we always remind people that if they are driving drunk they are lucky if it is a cop that stops them, rather than a tree, another car or a small child," Belluschi said.

The Village of Itasca had the highest arrest rate per officer in the entire state of Illinois (11.48). The City of Naperville had the second highest overall number of arrests (662), surpassed only by Rockford (686).

Note: Tinley Park's numbers are not broken down by county and are included on both the Cook County and Will County versions of this post.

By Editor Darren McRoy


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