PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — The South Dakota Legislature honored slain Moody County Chief Deputy Sheriff Kenneth Prorok this afternoon with a commemoration read on the Senate floor.

Republican Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree from Madison read SC807 at 1 p.m.–the same time as the funeral service for Deputy Prorok was starting in Madison.

Sen. Crabtree with a portion of the commemoration.

 A moment of silence followed the commemoration.