Chief Irving announces promotion of Officer Ordway

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Officer Ordway

Chief Robert Irving is pleased to announce the promotion of Officer Jennifer L. Ordway to the rank of Sergeant, effective April 17th, 2014.

Sgt. Ordway has been a member of the Wayland Police Department since 2006. Prior to that, she served as a public safety dispatcher in the towns of Framingham and Ashland and at the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office in Cambridge as a Victim-Witness Advocate. She has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Mass Bay Community College.

Sgt. Ordway is a member of the Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council’s Rapid Response Team and is assigned there as a Crisis Negotiator. She is a certified child passenger seat technician and has assisted with over 1,000 child car seat installations for Wayland residents. Sgt. Ordway is an instructor for the Rape, Aggression Defense Training at Wayland High School and is the liaison to the clergy for the Wayland/Lincoln/Sudbury Domestic Violence Round Table. Sgt. Ordway was recently elected by her fellow officers to her second term as president of the Wayland Police Officers Union.

On a statewide level, Sgt. Ordway is Sergeant at Arms for the Massachusetts Association of Women in Law Enforcement.

Sgt. Ordway is the first female officer in department history to receive a permanent promotion to the rank of Sergeant.

In Sgt. Ordway’s new role, she will be the supervisor of one of the three patrol shifts, providing patrol coverage and emergency response in town. Sgt. Ordway will be sworn in to her new position at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting this evening, by Town Clerk, Beth Klein.

Jennifer Ordway is sworn in as the next sergeant on the Wayland Police Department by Town Clerk Beth Klein at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting Thursday night.
Jennifer Ordway is sworn in as the next sergeant on the Wayland Police Department by Town Clerk Beth Klein at the Board of Selectmen’s meeting Thursday night. Photo Credit: Police Chief Irving

 

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  1. I’m not sure if it’s true, but I heard that Sgt. Ordway speaks six language, including Klingon, fluently.

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