Brookings Hires New Deputy Police Chief

(Brookings, SD) — The City of Brookings is welcoming a new deputy police chief. Ryan Baranyos has been appointed to the position after serving as a captain for the Estes Park Police Department in Colorado for the last two years. Before that, he retired as a Lieutenant from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona in 2023. Baranyos was sworn in and began his job on September 29th, and is primarily responsible for overseeing operations of the Brookings Police criminal investigations, patrol, and administration departments. He says he is “honored to have been selected as the new deputy chief” and is “looking forward to serving and building meaningful communications within the Brookings community.”