{"id":207694,"date":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207694\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T18:24:09","slug":"bakersfield-police-department-announce-brent-stratton-appointed-as-new-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/207694\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Police Department announce Brent Stratton appointed as new chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department announced its new Chief of Police, Brent Stratton.<\/p>\n<p>Police said, \u201cWith years of dedicated service and proven leadership, we are confident that Chief Stratton\u2019s experience and commitment to public safety will greatly benefit our community. We are excited to welcome him to lead the Bakersfield Police Department and look forward to the continued partnership between our department and the community we proudly serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-police-chief-greg-terry-announces-retirement-after-nearly-six-years-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BPD Chief Greg Terry announces retirement after nearly 6 years of leadership<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as Chief Greg Terry plans to retire in April 2026. Police said Chief Terry joined the department in 1997 and became chief in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/6725fedc-17ab-40d1-a23b-03aeaad88d35-large16x9_gregterryphoto.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Police Chief Greg Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department announced its new Chief of Police, Brent Stratton. Police said,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-207694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}