City Commission recognized Sergeant Chalen Godwin who retired after 23 years with the force.
His retirement resolution reads as follows:
Sergeant Chalen Godwin has dedicated his career to the safety and protection of our community, serving well and faithfully as a Detective of the DeLand Police Department; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Chalen Godwin, after twenty-three years of service to this community, will retire as a sworn Police Detective; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Chalen Godwin was hired as a Police Officer by the City of DeLand on August 17, 1999 and assigned to the Patrol Division. He was a Field Training Officer from 2013 through 2019. He was promoted to a Corporal with the Patrol Division in 2019 and then to a Sergeant within the Special Operations Division in 2021. Sergeant Godwin became a K-9 handler to Lancelot in September 2017. During his twenty-three years of service Sgt. Godwin received numerous letters of appreciation from command staff, DeLand residents and DeLand businesses; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Chalen Godwin’s dedication and commitment to the City of DeLand and to the DeLand Police Department has earned the respect, admiration, and high regard of his superiors, fellow officers, and the citizens of this community; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF DELAND, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That the City Commission of the City of DeLand does hereby honor Sergeant Chalen Godwin for his twenty-three years of service to the City of DeLand and the DeLand Police Department for the duty, honor, courage, integrity, caring, respect, and loyalty he has devoted to the community.
Section 2. This resolution shall be spread upon the minutes of the City Commission of the City of DeLand as part of the permanent memento of the City’s thanks and appreciation to Sergeant Godwin.
Original source can be found here.
