Daisy Dash Proceeds Used by Clarendon Hills PD for New Message Board
The board can monitor traffic speeds, record traffic data, and display programmable messages to passing traffic, Chief Ted Jenkins said.
The Clarendon Hills Police Department used proceeds from the 2012 Daisy Dash run to purchase a new traffic message board that Chief Ted Jenkins said will be used for tracking speeders, alerting drivers of construction zones, and telling them to buckle up, among other things. The message board, which attaches to Clarendon Hills police vehicles via their rear tailgates, cost $10,000, much of which came from Daisy Dash proceeds, Jenkins said. "The board has the capability to monitor traffic speeds, record traffic data and display programmable messages to passing traffic," Jenkins said in a statement read at a November village board meeting. "This board will make a difference in traffic safety in the village and is something we would not have …
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