Juan Diaz | Courtesy Elgin Police Dept.
Of the top 25 departments named in AAIM's annual DUI arrest survey , Waukegan came in at 14th with 264 arrests, Mundelein came in 20th with 223 arrests and Gurnee came in 24th with 211 arrests. | Sun-Times Media file
An Elgin police officer walks a driver to a police car during a roadside safety check at Chester and Dundee avenues in Elgin on Sept. 10, 2010. | John Konstantaras~For The Courier-news
Elgin Police Patrolman Lorenz Burkert, right, speaks with a motorist during a roadside safety check on Dundee Ave. in Elgin, Ill., on Friday, June 24, 2011. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo
Elgin Police Officer Tom Michael checks a driver's license and insurance during a roadside safety check on Dundee Ave. in Elgin, Ill., on Friday, June 24, 2011. | Sun-Times Media~File Photo
Juan Diaz | Courtesy Elgin Police Dept.
ELGIN — When an Elgin man and his passenger saw a white Econoline van wandering all over the roadway as they drove along I-90 toward Elgin on Oct. 20, they figured the person behind the wheel must be drunk and dangerous. But they had no …
