April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month across the nation, and the Oswego Police Department is urging drivers to drop their phones and focus on the road with a not-so-subtle reminder: “Phone in One Hand. Ticket in the Other.”“It has become all too common to see people driving down the road
In anticipation of more population growth and a wave of retirements, the Village of Oswego is adopting multiple strategies to build a police department ready to serve its growing, diverse community. Tuesday, Feb. 16, the Oswego Village Board approved a policy change that will allow more seasoned recruits to apply
The Oswego Police Department made the following traffic enforcement actions issued during the recent holiday season enforcement effort. • Fifty-one seat belts and child safety seat citations • One suspended/revoked license • One no insurance citations. Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated in this effort to reduce highway fatalities by
The Oswego Police Department is pleased to announce that it has completed a pledge taken in 2018 to improve their response to those living with mental illness in the community. The pledge is part of an initiative called the One Mind Campaign started by the International Association of Chiefs of
The Oswego Police Department made the following traffic enforcement actions issued during the recent Thanksgiving enforcement effort. Oswego Police Department took the following enforcement actions:• Forty-seven seatbelts and child safety seat citations;• One suspended/revoked license;• One speeding citation; Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated in this effort to reduce highway
Interested persons can sign up for its next Oswego Police Department Citizen’s Police Academy, which will begin Wednesday, Feb. 5. Classes will be held Wednesday nights from 6:30 p.m. until approximately 8:30 p.m. and will run for 13 weeks in the community room at the Oswego Police Headquarters. Class size
The Oswego Police Department issued 15 seat belt citations during the recent Thanksgiving enforcement campaign. The Oswego Police Department took the following enforcement actions. • Two speeding citations; • Seven distracted driving (use of electronic communications) citations. Law enforcement agencies throughout Illinois participated to save lives by getting impaired drivers
