John Buhrmaster named deputy chief of Miami Beach Police Department

John Buhrmaster.

John Buhrmaster, a deputy commander at the Miami Beach Police Department, has been named deputy chief.


Miami Beach police chief Raymond Martinez announced Buhrmaster's promotion Thursday afternoon.

Buhrmaster had been in charge of the department's Internal Affairs unit for about a year.


He fills a vacancy left by former deputy chief Mark Overton, who quit late last year