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    The Riverside Police Department released their 2015 DUI statistics, showing 129 DUI arrests were made in Riverside, Illinois, which has a population of only 9,000 residents. This represents a significant number of arrests. Additionally, drugged driving arrests are becoming more common and take more time to process, sometimes requiring hospital visits. While some claim that DUI rates are decreasing nationwide, Chief Weitzel stated that this is not the case in the Chicago area based on Riverside's statistics, which could result in a DUI arrest every night. The most egregious arrest involved a 66-year-old woman striking an 8-year-old boy on his bike, with the case still pending in court.

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    NEWS RELEASE

    RIVERSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT


    31 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546

    27 January 2016
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Contact:

    Chief Tom Weitzel

    708 447 2127 tweitzel@riverside.il.us

    Riverside Police Release 2015 DUI Stats


    Think DUI and DUI drugs are actually decreasing? Wrong

    Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel released his 2015 DUI stats as it relates to the
    tracking and mechanisms they capture throughout the year. As you can see from this
    report, there were 129 DUI arrests made in Riverside in 2015. Considering that Riverside
    is a community of 9,000 residents, this represents a significant amount of DUI arrests
    made. For the first time ever, police are starting to see more and more drugged driving
    arrests. These drugged driving arrests are more complicated, take more time and many
    times, require hospital trips for urine and blood draws.
    Chief Weitzel stated, People keep telling me that the alcohol and DUI drug arrests are
    going down nationwide. I will tell you that if that is the fact, they certainly are not going
    down in the metropolitan Chicago area. As demonstrated by our 2015 statistics, my
    officers could make a DUI, drug or alcohol arrest every single night. Drunk driving arrests
    cross all age barriers including the youngest arrest by Riverside of a 17 year old and the
    oldest male adult was 77
    The most egregious DUI arrest that happened in 2015 was when Cynthia Grosse, 66 of
    Lyons struck a 8-year-old boy riding his bike in front of his home in Riverside on a
    residential street. This arrest took place at 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon on a warm sunny
    September day. The disposition on this case is still pending as it is working its way
    through the court system.

    2015 Stats
    2015 DUI ACTIVITIES

    Percent of
    total arrests

    DUI Arrests (2015)

    129

    Male

    91

    70.5%

    Female

    38

    29.4%

    Took Breath Test

    61

    47.2%

    Refused Breath Test

    63

    48.8%

    Highest blow (BAC)

    .286

    3 times legal
    limit

    Night time arrest (after 6 PM)

    125

    96.8%

    Daytime arrest

    3.1%

    DUI drug arrest (may also be in combination w/DUI alcohol


    arrest)

    13

    10.2%

    DUI w/crash

    5.4%

    Felony DUI arrest (represents repeat offender/arrest)

    6.9%

    Drug Recognition Expert Evaluations (Riverside Arrests)

    3.8%

    Drug Recognition Expert Evaluations (Assisting Other


    Agencies)

    .77%

    Oldest (age) arrest

    77

    Youngest (age) arrest

    17

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