Snoqualmie police hire new officer

Published 9:44 am Monday, January 25, 2016

Snoqualmie Police Department has hired a new officer, Chad Ridout, who graduated from the Police Academy Jan. 12. Ridout will be sworn into office during the Jan. 25 meeting of the Snoqualmie City Council. All are welcome to attend.

Officer Ridout will be in field training with several senior officers for the next three months in Snoqualmie. Capt. Nick Almquist introduced Ridout to the North Bend City Council Jan. 19, as Ridout will be assigned to North Bend in the future.

At the police academy, Ridout was voted by his peers as the “Patrol Partner,” the officer recognized as the one that academy classmates would want to respond if they called for backup.

Ridout is the son in-law of Snoqualmie Parks crew chief Larry White.