Sheridan Police Department welcomes two new officers

2 Nov 2021


News

SHERIDAN — Elizabeth Choate and Kellen Phillips joined the ranks of the Sheridan Police Department during a swearing-in ceremony Friday. 

A crowd of Sheridan public safety officials — from uniformed SPD officers to fire officials, prosecutors to city administrators — filed into city council chambers Friday afternoon to celebrate the two new officers. They chatted and joked about the smattering of early Halloween costumes in the crowd. 

Despite law enforcement staffing shortages across the U.S., SPD Chief Travis Koltiska said SPD found success in hiring new people to police Sheridan this year, success demonstrated by Choate and Phillips’ swearing in that afternoon. 

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