Summit Police Department

Summit Police Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Program

The Summit Police will be participating in the STEP traffic program during the weeks around Thanksgiving. This program designed by IDOT’s Division of Traffic Safety to increase safety during the holiday travel season will focus on drunk driving and other reckless driving behaviors, and safety belt use for adults and especially for children.

The Summit Police will be adding extra patrols every night between November 12 and November 28 and conducting 4 Roadside Safety Belt Checks on random days during the Thanksgiving holiday week as part of the state wide program.

By partnering with IDOT in this initiative we hope to increase safety belt use, and make Summit residents and roadways safer during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Summit Police Department receives a $6000 award for D.U.I. enforcement equipment from I.D.O.T.

The Summit Police Department is pleased to announce a successful year in its traffic crash reduction program. The Village recorded its lowest fatal crash total ever in 2010. Partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety Division through grants and initiatives like “Click-it or Ticket” and “You Drink You Drive You Lose”, Summit has improved the safety of its road ways. We are looking forward to continuing that partnership and further reduction in crashes and their related injuries. As a partner in the “Recording Breath Alcohol Content in Fatal Crashes” program, I.D.O.T. has awarded the Village of Summit Police Department an Intoxalizer EC/IR 2 breath alcohol instrument. This instrument is the newest, most accurate breath alcohol testing equipment certified for use in Illinois, and has a retail value of $6000. We look forward to putting it to use keeping people who choose to drink and drive off Summit’s roadways.

Summit Police Thanksgiving Traffic Safety Program

By partnering with IDOT in this initiative we hope to increase safety belt use, and make Summit residents and roadways safer during the Thanksgiving holiday.

First Municipal District Court Jude Russell W. Hartigan was the guest speaker a a recent Neighborhood Action Group Meeting (NAG). The mission of the NAG committee is to promote citizen and community involvement and to help prevent and reduce crime by working together, making the Village of Summit a better place to live and work. Judge Hartigan answered questions from the audiance about topics concerning our committee and community. Summit residents are encouraged to attend the NAG committee meeting on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 6:00 PM in the Village court room located at 5810 S. Archer Road.