Sergeant Jason Hight

On Wednesday, May 3, the Sonoma State University Police had an event honoring im portant members of the SSU community as well as swearing in a new sergeant, Jason Hight. The night was described by the SSU Chief of Police Nader Oweis as, “A night of giving back, commitment, dedication and hard work. We truly try to make sure everyone feels safe.”

The event was held on campus at The Cooperage and had about 100 people in atten dance including family members of award recipients and police officers. Hight was sworn in by Oweis at the end of the event. Oweis explained, “Three people went for the sergeant position internally. Jason has been with Sonoma State since the beginning of COVID-19, and he never got to be formally sworn in the first time, so this will hopefully make up for it.” He also explained that sergeants aren’t sworn in very often, so this was an important event.

Oweis went on to say that a sergeant is the key to any police department, devoting hours and commitment as well as being on duty when no one else is. Hight was previously a detective for the Marin County District Attorney. He worked on cold cases and was also a field training officer.

Oweis concluded the event by saying, “Promoting someone as sergeant is one of the unique and special things I get to do.”

While the swearing in of Hight was the concluding part of the event, there were also many awards handed out by the chief to award their hard work. The intern program at the University Police Department used to be one or two students, but there are now 12 interns see AWARDS on pg. 4