Bosque Farms Police Chief Andrew Owen Announces Retirement at Village Council Meeting

Bosque Farms Police Department Chief Andrew Owen told the village council on Feb. 19, 2026 that he is retiring from the department and from law enforcement, closing his chapter as the town's police chief. The announcement was made during the regular village council meeting in Bosque Farms and put the departure squarely before elected officials and residents who attended.

The News-Bulletin ran a story about Owen's retirement on Feb. 26, 2026 and described Chief Owen as a familiar face in Bosque Farms. That coverage published exactly seven days after the Feb. 19 council meeting and summarized the public disclosure that unfolded at the council dais.

Chief Andrew Owen's Feb. 19 announcement indicates the Bosque Farms Police Department will be without its sitting chief; the research notes specify the retirement covers both the department post and Owen's career in law enforcement. The formal notice at the village council meeting placed the matter on the municipal record and gave council members an on‑the‑record opportunity to hear the decision.

Residents who follow village council business heard the retirement first at the Feb. 19 session; local reporting in the News-Bulletin on Feb. 26 brought the outcome to a wider Valencia County audience. The twin dates - the Feb. 19 announcement and the Feb. 26 publication - track the sequence by which the village learned of Chief Owen's decision and how the broader county became aware.

As of Feb. 26, 2026 the village of Bosque Farms and the Bosque Farms Police Department are publicly processing Chief Andrew Owen's retirement, following his Feb. 19 statement at the village council meeting and the News-Bulletin's Feb. 26 report that labeled him a familiar face in the community.