Deputy Police Chief Rocky Bevard has announced his retirement from the City of Bartlesville after 35 years of service. Bevard will leave his post in May.
Starting with the Bartlesville Police Department as a Community Service Officer in 1986, Bevard became a sworn police officer in 1991. He was promoted to the rank of sergeant in 1996 and lieutenant in 2002. He was named deputy chief of the department in 2019.
“D.C. Bevard will truly be missed,” said Assistant City Manager and former Police Chief Tracy Roles. “He has such a wide range of knowledge when it comes to, not just policing, but the organizational side of law enforcement. He has done an excellent job serving the citizens of Bartlesville.”
Bevard is the first deputy chief to serve the department, after the position was created in 2019.
“We created the position of deputy chief in 2019 shortly following my arrival as police chief in 2018, and we were fortunate to have Rocky accept that position,” Roles said. “His support and leadership were essential in building the foundation for the direction of the department over the next several years. Without Rocky, I don’t know how successful we could have been. He’s done tremendous things and I cannot say enough good things about him. I know that Chief (Kevin) Ickleberry will have big shoes to fill when he appoints the new deputy police chief.”