Evanston Police Department Receives Traffic Award
As far back as 1933, a tradition was established, when the National Safety Council awarded The Evanston Police Department the National Grand Prize for Traffic Safety. The Evanston Police Department has continued to foster safe streets by proactively educating the public and creatively enforcing traffic safety laws. Programs and initiatives such as child safety seat education, roadside safety checks, impaired driving enforcement, public safety announcements, and Teen DUI presentations has established Evanston as a state leader in traffic safety and accident prevention.
These efforts were recently acknowledged when the Evanston Police Department was recognized for the fifth year in a row by the Illinois Chiefs of Police Association, through their Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge. The Evanston Police Department participated in the municipal police agency category; this encompassed police department’s staffed between 101- 250 officers. The Evanston Police Department was awarded a very respectable statewide 2nd Place finish.
In order to achieve this honor the Evanston Police Department submitted a traffic enforcement plan, outlining various traffic safety interventions and enforcement initiatives. These traffic safety programs specifically targeted three areas; speed violations, impaired driving enforcement and vehicle occupant restraint education and enforcement.
The Evanston Police Department will continue to foster its commitment to safer streets, ranking pedestrian and traffic safety as a high priority within the departments overall objectives.
