The City of Dry Ridge Police Department was re-established in early 2008. Rick Kells was hired as Police Chief and started April of 2008. Before the end of the year Chief Kells had the one man department accredited by the Kentucky Association of Police Chiefs, which is still maintained. The city had an inter-local agreement with the City of Williamstown for police coverage, this agreement ended at the end of the day June 30th. In light of this council planned in the budget to start hiring for the city’s police department. On July 1st, 2015 Mayor Wells’ welcomed two new employees to the city as police officers.
Chief Rick Kells