PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Corrections Deputy Nathan Clark will be sworn in at 10 a.m. today as an operations deputy working patrol.
Sheriff Bill Benedict will swear him in at the emergency operations center at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
Clark will begin the Basic Law Enforcement Academy at the state Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien on Wednesday.
He will fill a vacancy created in March when Deputy Jim Dixon was promoted to the rank of sergeant.
Clark, a lifelong resident of Clallam County, graduated from Port Angeles High School in 2000 and from Wyoming Technical Institute in 2001 with a certification in diesel technology.
He was employed by Washington State Department of Corrections in Clallam Bay for nearly five years and then went to work as a corrections deputy with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office in December 2005.
During the past 10 years, Clark has worked as a deck officer, chain gang officer and facility transport officer while assigned to the Clallam County jail.
Nathan, his wife Jennifer and their two young children make their home in the Port Angeles area.