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State honors Washougal police officer

Inslee presents Francis Reagan with medal for 2019 river rescue

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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (right) presents Washougal police officer Francis Reagan (second from left) with a Washington State Law Enforcement Medal of Honor on Oct. 8, 2021. (Photo by Heather Davis, courtesy of Washington State Patrol)

Washougal police officer Francis Reagan’s life-saving actions on the Washougal River in May 2019 have been recognized with Washington state’s most prestigious law-enforcement award.

Washington Governor Jay Inslee presented Reagan and 13 other officers with the Washington State Law Enforcement Medal of Honor on Oct. 8, in Olympia.

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