Palatine, Illinois Speed Traps

Usually a Palatine PD marked SUV will hide in the dental office parking lot on the side of the building, which is next door to the donut shop on the South side of the street.

You cannot see him from the street until you are almost directly in front of him. I see him parked their on my way to work sometimes.

I’ve seen 2 traffic stops as a result of this. Watch out, because he’s on the SIDE of the bulding, in a very small corner on the side of the parking lot.

Drive Safely!!!

WARNING!!! Starting this year, Harper College Police Department now enforces the ridiculously low 25 mph speed limit on campus. They give warnings for anything over 30 and tickets for anything over 35. BE CAREFUL.

I was sitting in the Denny’s parking lot one night waiting for friends and was shocked when I witnessed an unmarked police suburban pulling people over. He would wait for a car to pass the enterance to Denny’s, and then pull out after them without headlights on. He then sped up on the people and turned on his headlights. The people did what anyone going a normal speed would do- they sped up -only to be pulled over for speeding. He did this 5 times while we were sitting there, which was all night because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. He quit doing this as it got lighter outside, or maybe just because his shift was up?

Leaving arlington Heights going into Palatine speed drops from 45 to 35 in a blink.

The squads sit in the parking lots of either the church or the resorvoir. I have enver seen anyone pulled over but I see the squads thee all the time.