ST. CHARLES – City police will be out in force through Nov. 25 conducting DUI and seat belt enforcement in conjunction with the state’s “Click It or Ticket” and “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaigns.

The Department of Transportation Sustained Traffic Enforcement Program aims to reduce the incidence of motor vehicle crashes and the resulting injuries and fatalities through increased enforcement of occupant restraint, impaired driving, speed and pedestrian safety.

Last year in Illinois, eight people died in vehicle traffic crashes during the Thanksgiving holiday period, and four of those deaths involved a drunken driver. Additionally, more than 800 individuals were injured.