Sheriff’s Office Ready for Back to School Traffic Enforcement
The Kane County Sheriff's Office is planning an aggressive effort to keep schoolchildren safe during the new school year, which starts today, Aug. 22, in the St. Charles area.
It is that time of the year where we look forward to the end of summer and the start of the school year. The Kane County Sheriff’s Office notes that with the start of school comes the need to remind drivers to be aware of school buses, school bus stops and children waiting for school buses. Last year the Kane County Sheriff’s Office fielded countless complaints of reckless driving and speeding near school bus stops in residential neighborhoods and on county roads while children were waiting to go to school, according to a release. These complaints often came from residents who live in subdivisions near Randall Road and involved drivers in search of a short cut. This school year, the release states, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office will …
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