Signing off and hitting the trails…Ellison retires from Elizabethton Police Department
Published 3:54 pm Friday, September 15, 2023
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison is presented a certificate and a shadow box on her retirement by Chief of Police Jason Shaw.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison smiles as she looks at the retirement certificate getting ready to be handed to her by Chief Jason Shaw on Thursday.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Members of Carter County 911 stopped by to present Sgt. Ellison with a signed shirt.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison holds a shirt that she will be taking with her when she goes hiking the Pacific Crest Trail after her retirement.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Ellison was given a retirement party by the Elizabethton Police Department on Thursday.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/City Councilman Michael Simerly thanks Sgt. Ellison for her service to the City and its residents.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison cuts the first piece out of her retirement cake on Thursday.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison was joined by her sister, City of Elizabethton Police Administrative Assistant Cherie Ellison, for a photo at the Covered Bridge.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison stands by her patrol car on the final day of her career with the Elizabethton Police Department.
Photo by Ivan Sanders/Sgt. Sarah Ellison sits in her patrol car for one final time before her retirement.
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BY IVAN SANDERS
CITY OF ELIZABETHTON PIO
Thursday was a bittersweet day for City of Elizabethton Police Department’s Sergeant Sarah Ellison as after 30 years of honorable service as a police officer, she signed off for the final time at 4:05 p.m. to begin her retirement.
Ellison has served three different departments in the span of her career beginning with the Carter County Sheriff’s Department before going to Johnson City and then finally returning to Elizabethton to finish her career.
Her fellow officers, family, city officials, and others stopped by the Elizabethton Police Department on Thursday to wish Ellison best wishes on her future endeavors and thank her for her faithful service to the communities she worked in while enjoying refreshments including a cake marking the special day.
Elizabethton Police Chief Jason Shaw presented Ellison with a plaque and her official retirement certificate.
After signing off duty, Ellison told fellow officers that it was a hard decision for her to make but one that she felt it was time to do so.
She is now heading to California where she will spend the next six weeks hiking the trails of the Pacific Crest Trail with a friend. She was gifted a shirt marking the 50th year anniversary of the trail to take along for her hike.
