07-05-2025
Fallen law enforcement officers are honored
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Several hundred people gathered Wednesday for the 2025 South Dakota Law Enforcement Officers Memorial ceremony.
Gov. Larry Rhoden placed a wreath and Rapid City Police Chief Don Hedrick spoke in tribute to the fallen.
Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Prorok was killed when he was struck by a driver during a high-speed chase on February 2, 2024.
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Chief Hedrick recalled how the community came together after three of Rapid City's officers were shot in 2011. Officers Ryan McCandless and Nick Armstrong died.
'We are all defined by our response to hard times,' Hedrick said.
Dozens of officers gathered beforehand at state government's George S. Mickelson Criminal Justice Center and then drove in a procession to the memorial ceremony at Capitol Lake.
A service followed at Lutheran Memorial Church.
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