Brian Blakemore

Brian Blakemore is a Police Captain with the Grass Valley Police Department, where he serves as second-in-command after two decades of service spanning investigations, administrative operations, and community partnerships. He helped develop California’s first law enforcement accreditation standards through the CPCA and now leads his agency through the inaugural cohort as Accreditation Manager, while serving on the CPCA Professional Development Committee to advance executive training for law enforcement leaders statewide. Beyond the badge, he is President of the Nevada County Turkey Trot Foundation, co-founded the Grass Valley Police Foundation, and stays active coaching youth in his community. He is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management and holds a B.S. in Psychology.