Although nobody enjoys being on the receiving end of a traffic ticket, it’s almost certain that our streets, and so our lives, are safer because of the law enforcement officers who issue those tickets.

Of those officers, none in the area is more efficient than Grundy County Sheriff’s Deputy Vic Elias. The department learned last week that Elias received two awards for his attentiveness to duty – the Illinois Department of Transportation’s Speed Enforcement Award and Seat Belt Enforcement Award.