The City of Atascadero has a new Top Cop. Following more than a year without a permanent police chief, and a nationwide search, city officials chose 20-year law enforcement veteran Daniel Suttle. Suttle was previously chief of police at the Bear Valley Police Department in Kern County. According to the Tribune, he’ll replace interim chief Jerel Haley, who came out of retirement to assume the role after former chief Robert Masterson was fired in September 2022 due to “incompatible management styles”.
