Kenneth Witkowich

Kenneth Witkowich is a highly decorated law enforcement executive with years of experience working as a Commander for the New York City Police Department (NYPD), as well as being the head of police departments located in the Midwest and the Northeast. Throughout his decades-long career, Kenneth Witkowich has earned two medals for exceptional police service, both for armed hostage/shooting incidents. He is the recipient of the prestigious NYPD Commissioner's recognition award for the development and implementation of that agency's cultural awareness/ethnic diversity training curriculum. Witkowich has also earned 12 letters of commendation and 11 other police medals for merit and excellent police service. Kenneth Witkowich has worked directly on public safety issues with Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Congressman Paul Ryan and has been involved with security details for U.S. Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and even Mother Teresa.

Kenneth Witkowich joined the NYPD at age 20 and in addition to performing routine police duties, worked as an undercover for the department's public morals squad. At 24, he was promoted to Sergeant. He initially oversaw patrol officers and emergency service personnel, but soon supervised a task force that targeted recurring crime patterns, and later taught recruits at the department's police academy. Less than five years later, he was promoted to Lieutenant. As Lieutenant, Witkowich performed a multitude of task, including conducting investigations into alleged misconduct within the department. Kenneth Witkowich went on to serve as a Commander of patrol and narcotics enforcement units in northern Manhattan.

Kenneth Witkowich retired from the NYPD in July of 2001 to become the head of a police department in Wisconsin. While in command, Witkowich instituted several community policing programs and, in the wake of 9/11, would work with both state and federal officials, including Congressman Paul Ryan to spearhead safety efforts. In 2004, he returned to policing in the Northeast where he commanded a state police agency. Soon after, he joined with many other public and private entities who called for attention and investigation into alleged abuses in that state system. These efforts would eventually result in a scathing N.Y. Times investigation and detailed official report.