IL HR0524

Congratulates Kenny Ryker, Chief of Police for the City of Litchfield, on his retirement after over 23 years of law enforcement service

Kenny Ryker graduated from the Police Training Institute in Champaign in 2001 and began his career as a Saluki patrolman at Southern Illinois University

Served as an investigator with the South Central Illinois Drug Task Force, where he helped arrest multiple drug traffickers and violent criminals

Rose through the ranks from patrol sergeant to lieutenant before being promoted to Chief of Police

Second-generation law enforcement officer, son of retired Clay County Sheriff and former ILETSB Investigator Lee Ryker, representing a three-generation law enforcement family