The Bartlett Police Department recently spearheaded a joint commercial truck enforcement initiative.
According to the Bartlett Police Department, the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Unit assisted Bartlett officers to enforce overweight and other commercial motor vehicle traffic infractions on Thursday, Oct. 29, between 8:30 and 11:45 a.m. on Devon Avenue near Leiseberg Park.
The Bartlett Police Department cited two commercial motor vehicles for overweight violations, two commercial motor vehicles for disobeying road weight restriction signs, and one commercial motor vehicle for spilling its load on the roadway, police said. The Illinois State Police also placed four commercial motor vehicles out of service for safety violations.
The Bartlett Police Department is planning to conduct more commercial motor vehicle enforcement initiatives, police said.
