The Christian County Sheriff’s Office is celebrating National Police Officer Week while honoring those that have fallen in the line of duty. On Thursday, May 1st, officers and their families flooded the state’s capitol for the annual Illinois Police Officers Memorial Ceremony. 12 total officers were killed while serving in 2024, 3 of which were K-9 officers, and all were remembered for their sacrifice. Chief Deputy Jim Baker of the Christian County Sheriff’s Office, discusses the memorial ceremony and its services.

Baker shares a poem from the ceremony written by Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, who was killed in 2021 while on shift. Rittmanic had written the poem nearly 20 years prior to her passing.

Baker tells about the activity from the month of April, for the Christian County Sheriff’s Office.

The CCSO, alongside the Illinois Liquor Commission, recently held compliance checks for 25 different locations. Baker talks how these checks are done and the violations that were given.

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Jim Baker appeared as a guest on the WTIM Morning Show.