Belvidere’s DUI arrests up 82 percent from last year

"It’s highly unlikely that such big increases in arrests indicate corresponding increases in impaired drivers on the roads in those towns; it just means more of them were being detected and arrested last year compared to previous years

The biggest increases in arrests among the top departments were in Decatur where DUI arrests jumped by 121 percent in 2008 compared to 2007, Roscoe (99%), Aurora (88%), Belvidere (82%) and Orland Park (47%)

.Also, the Rockford Police Department finished first in the state in DUI arrests among municipal departments with 785 arrests for 2008.

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