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The Ridgecrest Police Department announced the swearing-in of police chief Mario Ysit on Monday morning.Chief Ysit will immediately oversee the department.RELAT

The Ridgecrest Police Department announced on Monday that newly appointed chief of police, Mario Ysit, will take office in early June.

On Monday evening, the City of Ridgecrest announced the appointment of Mario Ysit as the new Chief of Police for the Ridgecrest Police Department.

Four days after a Tracy officer shot a teenager police said was advancing with a knife, the department released bodycam footage of the encounter.

The officer-involved shooting is one of just three in the last twenty years at the Tracy Police Department. The chief of police said, in this instance, the officer on scene had no choice but to fire his gun.

As outrage grows over the police response to the Uvalde shooting in Texas, California law enforcement officials said Friday they are trained with a starkly different approach: Go in immediately.

Experts also say parents should teach their children it is okay to share concerns without fear of their feelings being minimized or getting in trouble.

Experts also say parents should teach their children it is okay to share concerns without fear of their feelings being minimized or getting in trouble.