On 8/11/23 at 1011 hrs, Ogle County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Rochelle Fire Department, Hillcrest Fire Department and the Lynn-Scott-Rock Fire Department responded to the scene of a three vehicle accident with serious injuries that occurred at the intersection of Rte 251 and Rte 64. The STEP campaign was funded by federal highway safety funds administered by the Illinois Department of Transportation. The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office participated in this effort to save lives by focusing on the leading contributory causes of crashes: speeding, impaired driving, electronic device use, failure to yield and disobeying traffic control signals, as well as occupant restraint violations.
As a result of this enforcement Deputies conducted 73 traffic stops that resulted in 59 citations being issued made 2 criminal arrests. Over the course of the year Sheriff’s Deputies worked 60 hours of additional patrol time that was funded by the grant. The Ogle County Sheriff’s Office released the results of supplementary enforcement efforts conducted via the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program (STEP). Ogle County Sheriff’s Office Announces IDOT Grant Enforcement Results
