The state’s energy and environmental agency promoted decorated veteran Environmental Conservation Sgt. Ryan Healy to captain and placed him in charge of protecting the state’s offshore fishing and three shoreline parks.
Healy has more than 18 years with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. He will be based in EnCon’s Marine Division in Old Lyme.
He is a graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a degree in criminal justice.
A former commercial fisherman, Healy joined the EnCon police unit in 1994 and has spent his entire career as an officer in the Marine District. He also has a U.S. Coast Guard 100-ton pilot’s license.
In 2006, he was promoted to sergeant. He was DEEP’s Officer of the Year in 1997, among other honors in his career.
