3 WPD members earn promotions

Three members of the Wabash Police Department were promoted on Feb. 13 during the Wabash City Council meeting.

Kevin Evenson was promoted to captain.

Cpt. Evenson joined the Wabash Police Department on June 27, 2011. He was previously third shift sergeant.

Cpt. Evenson is an ILEA general instructor, firearms instructor, physical tactics instructor, and certified ALICE Instructor. He will be in charge of 3rd shift.

Matt Shrider was promoted to sergeant.

Sgt. Shrider joined the Wabash Police Department on July 5, 2007. He was previously a patrolman on the first shift.

Sgt. Shrider is ILEA general instructor and emergency vehicle operations instructor. He was previously a K9 handler, drug task force member, certified in drug recognition, and clandestine lab certified. He will be on the first shift Sergeant.

Drew Bender was pro- moted to sergeant.

Sgt. Bender joined the Wabash Police Department in September 2016. He was previously a patrolman on third shift.

Sgt. Bender is currently the department’s sole K9 handler. He currently works third shift and will now be the third shift Sergeant.

In another matter, the council approved a resolution to make the part time Wabash City Court clerk position to a fulltime position.

The council’s unanimous decision transferred $22,500 to the court’s 2023 budget to bring clerk Jana Slacian’s pay to $44,500. The council transferred an additional $18,868.36 from the general fund to the court budget to cover the cost of insurance, FICA and Perf payments.

Editor’s Note: To be transparent, it must be noted that Jana Slacian is the daughter of The Paper editor Joseph Slacian