28-0343-01 State Agency Enforcement Program (sTEP)

The State Agency Enforcement Program (sTEP) is a grant program that aims to increase high-visibility enforcement on Illinois roadways to prevent fatalities and serious injuries. The program will focus on interstates, US routes, state routes, and local roadways, and will contribute to the Illinois Department of Transportation's performance measures and targets. The program will support enforcement activities, including saturation patrol operations, roadside safety checks, safety belt enforcement zones, mobilization enforcement, sustained enforcement, and DRE callout. • The program will have a multi-facet statewide enforcement emphasis. • The program will focus on occupant protection, impaired driving, speed, distracted driving, pedestrian safety, and other traffic-related violations. • The program will have scheduled enforcement campaigns, including Independence Day, Speed Enforcement, Labor Day, Child Passenger Safety, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas/New Year’s, Super Bowl, St. Patrick’s Day, and Distracted Driving. • The program will require grantees to provide clear data supporting the community need and specific ways this program and funding will improve problem areas. • The program will require grantees to demonstrate how their request will help meet the Illinois Department of Transportation’s performance targets.