Lynn officially sworn in as Perry Police Chief

jclark@sunmulti.com

Although Perry’s police chief has been on the job for about

six weeks, he was sworn into office Monday night at the New Perry Hotel.

“The City of Perry has gained an amazing (chief),” said

District Attorney George Hartwig.

Perry’s city council members voted to hire Steve Lynn in

December after the former Chief of Police George Potter retired.

“He is a man of high morals and high integrity,” stated

Sheriff Cullen Talton before Lynn was sworn in. “We appreciate what you’ve done

in the past and look forward to working with you in the future.”

Judge Edward Lukemire called Lynn a “class A fellow” and

informed the gathered group of about 80 people that becoming a chief of police

was “a dream of his (Lynn).”

“At the end of the day, law enforcement isn’t a job,” stated

Lukemire. “It’s a calling.”

After Lynn was worn into office, he thanked Potter for

“handing off such a good department,” and he thanked the men and women who work

in the department.

“We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Lynn said, who explained

that it was not because the department was not well run, but because it takes

“a lot of work to run a police department right.”

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