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Interim Chief Jayson Rutherford Appointed Permanent Scotts Valley Police Chief

A longtime Scotts Valley police officer has been selected as the department’s new police chief after already serving in the position as interim chief since last year, city officials announced Wednesday. Jayson Rutherford, who joined the Scotts Valley Police Department in 1998, was serving as interim chief after former chief Steve Walpole retired in late October. He will be sworn in March 2 as the seventh permanent police chief in the city’s 60-y…
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Lookout Local Santa Cruz broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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