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2009 Press Release: Police Launch KEEP KIDS ALIVE DRIVE 25 Campaign
For immediate release
October 24, 2009
 The Des Plaines Police Department is
participating in a traffic safety pilot program entitled Keep Kids
Alive Drive 25 ®, a project that focuses on reducing speeding in
residential neighborhoods. After several local Des Plaines Police
Department Neighborhood Watch Meetings, the Des Plaines Police
received unanimous support to engage and educate all citizens in
creating safer streets. It was decided that Thacker Street, between
First and Wolf Road, would be the first traffic safety zone of the
pilot program. The goal of the program is to attract the attention
of drivers as a means of reinforcing the message to observe the
posted speed. To this end, signs that read "Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
®" were posted up and down Thacker Street, between First Avenue and
Wolf Road, this past week. Pre and post speed tests are conducted
prior to and after implementation of the campaign and the
installation of the signs. Members of the Des Plaines Traffic Safety
Task Force, such as the Neighborhood Watch groups and the Des
Plaines Police Community Action Team (CAT), distributed brochures to
residents along Thacker Street to advise them of the pilot program
and the posting of the temporary signs. The signs are to remain in
the parkway for approximately three weeks, throughout the testing
period. The program is funded through the Des Plaines Police
Department’s asset forfeiture funds. For additional information call
847-391-5410. (pictured above left to right) Des Plaines Police CAT
Officer Colin Johnson, Police Commander Tim Veit and CAT Officer
John Gitzinger pose for a photograph with one of the signs posted on
Thacker St. promoting Keep Kids Alive Drive 25®.
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