The Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists has released its annual report of the Illinois police departments and officers who made the most DUI arrests in 2017.
The Top Cop list is as follows:
Rank
|
Title
|
Top Cops
|
Department
|
DUI Arrests
|
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trooper | Eric David | ISP District Chicago | 208 |
2 | Officer | Timothy Walter | Chicago District #19 | 167 |
3 | Officer | Benjamin McGill | Springfield | 132 |
4 | Officer | Elliot Tupayachi | Chicago District #19 | 124 |
5 | Investigator | Andrew Hartman | Rockford | 110 |
6 | Officer | Paul Dublinski | Elgin | 105 |
7 | Officer | Carlos Ortiz | Chicago District #19 | 104 |
The top suburban police departments (i.e., not including Chicago (1,982 DUI arrests in 2017) or the Illinois State Police (5,234 arrests) are below:
Rank
|
Municipality
|
2017
DUI Arrests |
% Change from
2016 to 2017 |
2016
DUI Arrests |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rockford | 490 | 6.8% | 459 |
2 | Elgin | 418 | 14.5% | 365 |
3 | Decatur | 391 | -2.5% | 401 |
4 | Cicero | 341 | 11.8% | 305 |
5 | Aurora | 326 | 39.3% | 234 |
6 | Lombard | 313 | 34.3% | 233 |
7 | Carol Stream | 291 | -4.6% | 305 |
8 | Springfield | 288 | 25.2% | 230 |
9 | Naperville | 271 | -13.1% | 312 |
10 | Normal | 246 | 2.9% | 239 |
11 | Fairview Heights | 219 | 4.3% | 210 |
12 | Orland Park | 216 | 17.4% | 184 |
13 | Elmhurst | 214 | 6.5% | 201 |
14 | Gurnee | 211 | 40.7% | 150 |