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19
Jan
Safety Inspections – Part 1
annual periodic inspection, cops, fmcsr, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, local police, police, safety lane, safety tests, truckers, trucking, trucksTwo quotes, same problem. Any truck officer worth his salt has heard this line from a truck driver who did not have a safety inspection “…but I have a USDOT number!” . Any truck officer who has worked alongside non-truck […]
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12
Jan
The Good, the Bad, and the CDL
CDL, cmv cell phone ban, cops, fmcsa, fmcsr, gvwr, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, isp, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, local police, police, professionalism, Secretary of State, SOS, truckers, trucking, trucksWhen the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association began in 2009, the founding members created a list of issues that law enforcement routinely was enforcing incorrectly, and set out to make it right. Many of those items have been discussed on this […]
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05
Jan
Welcome to 2013!
certification, cops, court fees, Human Trafficking, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, isp, ITEA, ITEA Certification, law enforcement, local police, Mid-west Truckers Association, overweight, police, portable scales, professionalism, registration, Secretary of State, SOS, truckers, trucking, trucksWelcome to 2013! It’s hard to believe a new year is already upon us. The year 2012 was a great year for the ITEA. We saw a spike in membership growth, built many new relationships within the trucking industry and […]
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29
Dec
The New Illinois Cell Phone Law
CDL, cmv cell phone ban, cops, fmcsr, hand-held phone, Illinois General Assembly, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, isp, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, legislation, local police, police, professionalism, truckers, trucking, trucksEach year, there is a plethora of new legislation signed into law that affects trucking. In recent years, there has been a lot of revision work done on truck laws, but calendar year 2012 did not see as much new […]
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22
Dec
Tow Truck Registration: Part 2
cops, gvwr, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, local police, overweight, police, professionalism, registration, Secretary of State, SOS, Tow trucks, towing, truckers, trucking, trucksLast week, the ITEA blog focused on basic information about the peculiarities of tow-truck registration. The goal of the article this week is to examine proper enforcement methods for expired tow-truck registration. With the December 31st expiration of tow-truck (TW) […]
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15
Dec
Tow Truck Registration – Part 1
cops, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, local police, police, professionalism, registration, Secretary of State, SOS, Tow trucks, towing, truckers, trucking, trucksMost police officers who specialize in truck enforcement will be the first to tell you that it is not the most exciting job ever. There is one task that needs to be done, and when the roads are empty, it […]
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08
Dec
2013 Truck Officer Conference
2013 Truck Officer Conference, certification, cops, IDOT, Illinois Department of Transportation, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, isp, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, legislation, local police, Mid-west Truckers Association, oversize, overweight, police, professionalism, Secretary of State, SLEA, SOS, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, truckers, trucking, trucksThis past January the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association hosted a truck officer conference at the Suburban Law Enforcement Academy in Glen Ellyn, IL. On January 9th, 2013, we are doing it again! If you are a police officer in Illinois […]
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01
Dec
Highway Safety
cops, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, isp, ITEA, killed in the line of duty, Kyle Deatherage, law enforcement, police, professionalism, slow down and move over, Trooper Kyle Deatherage, truckers, trucking, trucksEarlier this week, Illinois lost one of their finest. On November 26th, Illinois State Trooper Kyle Deatherage had used his police motorcycle to make a traffic stop on I-55 north of Litchfield, IL. While standing alongside the car, he was […]
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24
Nov
Human Trafficking Conference for Law Enforcement
cops, Harper College, Human Trafficking, Illiinois Trucking Association, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, ITEA, law enforcement, local police, Mid-west Truckers Association, police, professionalism, SLEA, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, TAT, truckers, Truckers Against Trafficking, trucking, trucksOne of the challenges of running an organization like the Illinois Truck Enforcement Association is determining where to set up boundaries as to what the association will get involved with. Law enforcement and trucking are both complex and have vast […]
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17
Nov
Interview with the Michigan State Police
cops, CVSA, illinois state police, Illinois Truck Enforcement Association, Illinois Vehicle Code, isp, ITEA, IVC, law enforcement, local police, Michigan, Michigan State Police, overweight, police, portable scales, registration, regulatory, truckers, trucking, trucksThe Illinois Truck Enforcement Association is all about partnership in Illinois…whether between police, the trucking industry, or the legal community. In mid-October, leadership from the ITEA had the great privilege to attend the Mid-America Association of State Transportation Officials annual […]
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