{"id":60330,"date":"2025-11-19T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/60330\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T14:00:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:00:15","slug":"shafter-pd-announces-appointment-of-brian-knox-as-new-assistant-chief-of-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/60330\/","title":{"rendered":"Shafter PD announces appointment of Brian Knox as new Assistant Chief of Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Shafter Police Department and the City of Shafter announced the appointment of Brian Knox as the new Assistant Chief of Police on Tuesday, effective November 17th.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/mcfarland-police-chief-resigns-for-new-job-adrian-olmos-named-acting-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">McFarland police chief resigns for new job, Adrian Olmos named acting chief<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said over the past two years, the department has nearly doubled its sworn-in and professional staff. New programs and technologies have also been introduced to enhance safety.<\/p>\n<p>The department stated in part:<\/p>\n<p>As the department continues to grow, so do our responsibilities. The addition of an Assistant Chief provides critical leadership capacity and ensures we remain effective, responsive, and well-supported at every level.Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Knox <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/mcfarland-police-chief-resigns-for-new-job-adrian-olmos-named-acting-chief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resigned from the McFarland Police Department in October 2025<\/a>, where he had been since 2022, starting his tenure as a police sergeant. He was appointed as interim police chief by the McFarland City Council in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He began his law enforcement career in 1992 as a detention deputy with the Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, and later became a deputy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Shafter Police Department and the City of Shafter announced the appointment of Brian Knox&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60331,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-60330","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\/60330","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=60330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}