The Governor’s Office of Highway Safety will be honoring two Peoria Police Officers during the week of February 11, 2002. Officer Neil Morse and Officer Garry Coulter, who are both assigned to Peoria PD’s Traffic Services Section, will be recognized for their diligence last year in the enforcement of Child Restraint and Seat Belt laws.

In 2002, as part of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s Concentrated Occupant Protection Enforcement program, Officer Morse issued 54 citations for child restraint violations, 70 citations for seat belt violations, and 371 other citations for moving and non-moving violations.

As part of the same program, Officer Coulter issued 112 citations for child restraint violations, 130 citations for seat belt violations and 298 other citations.

The Peoria Police Department and the Governor’s Officer of Highway Safety urge motorist to please buckle up. Lives depend on it!