Captain Anna Segura, District 9 Commander, has announced that the Illinois State Police (ISP) will conduct Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement (ACE) patrols in Sangamon County during the month of January.  The ACE patrols allow the ISP to target an area with saturation patrols that focus on preventing, detecting, and taking enforcement action in response to violations associated with impaired driving and illegal transportation or consumption of alcohol and other drugs. 

Across the country, an average of one alcohol-related traffic death occurs every 48 minutes.   Alcohol and drug impairment remain significant factors in over 40 percent of all fatal motor vehicle crashes in Illinois.  Each year in Illinois, hundreds of lives are lost in alcohol-related crashes.  This project is funded by the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Traffic Safety.