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Solano County Sheriff’s Office honors new hires, promotions, volunteers and employees of the year
Summary
The Solano County Sheriff’s Office held a recognition ceremony honoring new hires, promotions, years of service, several employee-of-the-year awards and a retirement; highlights included Alert Solano growth to more than 330,000 subscribers and a coroner investigator’s Doe project that identified 23 previously unidentified remains.
Captain Jackson Harris opened the Solano County Sheriff’s Office employee recognition ceremony and led logistical remarks and the pledge of allegiance. Under Sheriff Brad Duol welcomed the gathering and described the event as a quarterly celebration of new hires, promotions, awards and service milestones.
The ceremony presented pins and introductions for newly hired staff across several units, including sheriff security officer Joshua Monroe, office assistant Jamie Sandoval, correctional officer John De Leon and public safety dispatchers Olivia Telling and Madison Anderson. Several promotions were announced; those promoted recited the oath of office before attendees.
Officials and staff singled out multiple award recipients. Jennifer Novelli, emergency services coordinator, was named employee of the year in recognition of emergency-management leadership and her work on the county’s Alert Solano notification platform; the program was described as having grown to more than 330,000 subscribers. Nicholas (Nick) Chun was selected as dispatcher of the year for leadership and steady performance under pressure. Correctional Officer Dan Chapman received correctional officer of the year for training and peer-support contributions. Deputy Jessica Du was honored as deputy of the year for coroner-office work, including a Doe identification procedure the department said led to 23 previously unidentified decedent identifications and for helping identify a long-missing man, Craig William Ott, through DNA and forensic genealogy.
The event also recognized long service and volunteer contributions: two employees were marked for 25 years of service (Thomas Schlemmer Jr. and Norman Stangler), and Kurt Fargo received the volunteer award for work on the search-and-rescue drone team and more than 500 volunteer hours in 2024. The ceremony closed with a retirement acknowledgment for latent fingerprint examiner Darrell Clacy, who joined the office in January 2009 and was credited with contributions to cold-case work, training and regional professional associations.
Under Sheriff Brad Duol framed the gathering as an occasion to celebrate staff: "This is really just about celebrating with you," he said. Captain Harris noted logistics for photos and refreshments and invited attendees to take team and family pictures before the event concluded.
No policy actions, votes or formal board decisions were taken at the ceremony; it was a recognition event and not a public-policy meeting.
