Sheriff promotes Clark to operations deputy

Published 2:55 pm Tuesday, July 7, 2015

On June 29, corrections deputy Nathan Clark was sworn in as an operations deputy working patrol for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.

Clark moves from the corrections department to the operations section of the sheriff’s office.

Clark is a lifelong resident of Clallam County. He graduated from Port Angeles High School in 2000 and from Wyoming Technical Institute in 2001 with a certification in diesel technology. Clark was employed by the Washington State Department of Corrections-Clallam Bay for about five years and then came to work as a corrections deputy with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office in December 2005.

For the past 10 years Clark has worked as a deck officer, chain gang officer and facility transport officer while assigned to the jail. He begins the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center, Basic Law Enforcement Academy on July 1.

Clark fills a vacancy created in March when Deputy Jim Dixon was promoted to sergeant. He and his wife, Jennifer, and their two children live in the Port Angeles area.