Former Boone County Sheriff Michael Helmig died Tuesday night. “[Helmig] believed deeply in the power of teamwork and leaves behind a legacy of growing the Boone County Sheriff’s Office into one of the largest and most respected law enforcement agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” reads an official statement from the Boone County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Boone County Sheriff Mike Helmig: ‘He created something that most men couldn’t’
Boone County Sheriff Mike Helmig announced his retirement in December, about two years after his diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. Helmig was first appointed as sheriff in 1997, and throughout his tenure, he oversaw massive institutional changes to policing in the county. Family members and colleagues sat down with LINK nky to reflect on Helmig’s time […]