LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lakeport Police Department has welcomed a new addition to its ranks of sworn officers.
On Thursday morning, Officer Kaylene Strugnell took her oath as the agency’s newest officer at Lakeport City Hall.
Strugnell, 24, is a Kelseyville native, graduating from Kelseyville High School in 2012 before going on to study administrative justice at Mendocino College.
Both in high school and in college, she was a member of K-Corps and the Lake County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue, and also worked as a California State Parks aide.
Strugnell, who is an emergency medical technician, worked for the Lakeport Fire Protection District before going on to work for a year with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
She is the only female officer currently on the Lakeport Police Department team.
On her first day on the job, Strugnell drove the Lakeport Police patrol vehicle that led the Lake County Fair parade through town, accompanied by Lt. Jason Ferguson.
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