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Oak Harbor proclaims National Police Week and swears in two police sergeants
Summary
The Oak Harbor City Council read a National Police Week proclamation and the police chief promoted and administered the oath to two officers who were pinned as sergeants; the mayor also announced a Public Safety Training Center ribbon cutting on May 15.
Oak Harbor’s City Council on May 5 proclaimed National Police Week and marked promotions within the Oak Harbor Police Department, where the police chief promoted two officers to sergeant and administered the oath.
Chief Slowick introduced the promotions and said, “It is my honor today to, promote 2 of our officers to, sergeant.” The chief identified the promoted officers as Angelica Selze and Keith Kretchman during the presentation; each officer stood and repeated the oath of office at the meeting. One newly sworn officer offered brief remarks: “First and foremost, I just wanted to say thank you to God for this opportunity,” the officer said.
Mayor’s remarks and council members praised the department’s professionalism and noted the upcoming Public Safety Training Center ribbon cutting, scheduled for May 15 at 4 p.m., with vehicle displays and public tours. The council recessed briefly after the pinning ceremony for photographs.
The meeting transcript contains an inconsistency in the names recorded during the oath: the chief named the promoted officers as Angelica Selze and Keith Kretchman in his remarks, while one oath segment records the speaker as identifying themself as “Socrates Salty.” The council did not vote on personnel policy at the meeting; the promotions were presented as department actions and ceremonial acknowledgements.
