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Anacortes promotes corporal Janet Wilson; awards officer Chad Pledwell for traffic safety work
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting, the Anacortes City Council and Mayor Miller swore in a promotion for Corporal Janet Wilson and presented a mayor's award of merit to Officer Chad Pledwell for traffic-safety enforcement and drug-recognition work.
Mayor Miller administered the oath of office for the promotion of Corporal Janet Wilson at the Anacortes City Council meeting on Jan. 6, 2025, and the council recognized Officer Chad Pledwell with the mayor's award of merit for traffic-safety and drug-recognition work.
Corporal Janet Wilson has served with the Anacortes Police Department since April 2001, Chief Floyd told the council. Floyd said Wilson has worked as a DARE officer, a crime prevention officer, helped manage the department's citizens patrol volunteer program, served as a field training officer and is a member of the Skagit County Regional Crisis Negotiator Team. Floyd said Wilson is “especially skilled at de-escalating individuals in various states of crisis,” allowing situations to be resolved with minimal force.
Floyd also described Wilson's community work, including organizing and taking part in fundraising events for the Special Olympics and receiving statewide recognition for those efforts. Family members who were listed in the meeting record as attending were Naomi (wife), Ivy and Alex Bryson (daughter and son-in-law), George and Jimmy Wilson (father and stepmother), Judy Adrian (mother), Dan and Jody Wilson (brother and sister-in-law), and two nieces and nephews, Jack and Sydney.
Later in the meeting, Mayor Miller presented Officer Chad Pledwell with the mayor's award of merit for prioritizing traffic safety in Anacortes and for work removing impaired drivers from the road. Chief Floyd said Pledwell was selected in early 2024 for Drug Recognition Expert training, a difficult program that requires a prosecutorial recommendation and extensive documentation. Floyd said a DRE program coordinator later told him Pledwell stood out for his performance during training and for the number of investigations he completed in 2024 compared with other officers in the state. Floyd noted Pledwell is the only Drug Recognition Expert in the region who is not a Washington State Patrol trooper.
The recognitions were ceremonial; the record shows the oath and the award presentations took place during the Jan. 6 council meeting and were announced from the dais by Chief Floyd and Mayor Miller.
The council did not take a separate recorded vote to enact the promotion or the award in the portions of the transcript covering these items.
