Illinois State Police District 10 Conduct 2nd Annual Operation X-Out

Pesotum, IL – The Illinois State Police (ISP) announces the conclusion of the 2^nd Annual Operation X-Out which began on Friday, November 5^th at 12:00 a.m., and concluded at 11:59 p.m., on Friday, November 5^th.

District 10 Personnel participated in saturation details throughout several counties of District 10 that includes: Shelby, Moultrie, Piatt, Macon, Champaign, Douglas, Coles, Edgar, and Vermilion Counties.

Category	Enforcement Activity
Traffic Stops	233
Total Citations	94
Total Warnings	265
Speed Citations	39
Speed Warnings	79
Revoked/Suspended/No Valid Drivers	14
Driving Under the Influence Arrests	2
Motor Carrier Safety Inspections	10
Occupant Restraint Citations	12
Occupant Restraint Warnings	28
Distracted Driving Citations and Warnings	13

In addition to the above listed activity, District 10 Troopers also made 13 criminal arrests and seized 3 illegally possessed firearms, one of which had the serial number defaced.

“The intent of Operation X-Out was to aggressively enforce traffic laws through high visibility patrols, to increase traffic safety and traffic law awareness, while remaining charitable to the inadvertent violator,” stated Acting Operations Lt Mark Holley. District 10 will continue to employ strategies to increase public safety on our roadways, to include enforcement and education.

The public is reminded that all persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.