La Grande Police Chief Jason Hays Speaks to Union County Retired Educators Club

La Grande's newly installed Police Chief, Jason Hays, made a recent appearance before the Union County Retired Educators Club, speaking to the group as its featured guest, according to a release from the club published March 10, 2026.

The visit marked one of Hays's first public community engagements since taking the helm of the La Grande Police Department. The club's release identified him specifically as "newly installed," signaling that his tenure at the department's top post is recent, though the exact date of his appointment was not detailed in the release.

The Union County Retired Educators Club, which brings together former educators from across the county, hosted Hays at a recent meeting. No specific date or venue for the gathering was included in the club's release, nor were attendance figures or a summary of Hays's remarks. The full content of what he addressed before the group was not disclosed in the materials made public.

The meeting report was published by Garrett Christensen on March 10, 2026, and was presented as an official release from the Union County Retired Educators Club.