Updated 7/21/2021 5:32 PM
A concerted effort to ramp up proactive policing in Naperville has contributed to a sharp uptick in vehicle offenses and more illegal guns seized so far this year than ever before, interim Chief Jason Arres said.
Those crimes often stem from traffic stops, which have spiked due to increased activity by three specialized units: traffic, special operations and the new strategic response unit launched last summer, he said.
Naperville has reported 670 driving violations such as DUIs, driving with a suspended license or fleeing and eluding an officer from January through May of 2021, according to crime statistics presented Wednesday by Arres. That s more than five times the number of vehicle offenses in the same time frame last year.
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