YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT OUT ON THE ROADS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. 

STATE POLICE TROOPERS AND MORE THAN 200 LOCAL DEPARTMENTS ARE BOOSTING EFFORTS TO CATCH DRUNK DRIVERS AND OTHER OFFENDERS SAYS ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SPOKESPERSON PAUL WAPPEL.

LAST YEAR IN ILLINOIS, 22 PEOPLE DIED ON ILLINOIS ROADS OVER THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY. THAT’S THE HIGHEST TOTAL IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.