Former Menifee Police Department Chief Pat Walsh will return temporarily. Valley News/Courtesy photo
MENIFEE – Menifee’s former police chief, Pat Walsh, who successfully led the creation and operations of the city police department for two years, will return temporarily to manage the department while interim Chief Chris Karrer is out on injury medical leave due to an injury he sustained while off-duty.
Walsh, a law enforcement veteran with nearly 40 years of experience, provided critical leadership during the establishment of the Menifee Police Department in July 2020. He began his law enforcement career as a Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff in 1984 before transferring to the Portland Police Bureau in 1992 where he served for over 20 years. In 2014, Walsh became the police chief in Lompoc and served in that position until taking the same role in Menifee. He retired from the Menifee
