BEAUMONT, Texas — Beaumont Police Chief Tim Ocnaschek visited the set of Daybreak Wednesday morning to talk about emergency preparedness.
Ocnaschek will be visiting the Daybreak set monthly to talk about what's going on with the Beaumont Police Department.
He made his first visit to the Daybreak set in early September, about a week after starting the job and spoke at length about the department's new Real Time Crime Center.
He was approved by the Beaumont City Council to become the city's next police chief in August 2024 and started working as chief on August 22, 2024, replacing longtime chief Jimmy Singletary.
"I pledge my dedication to making this community a safer place," Ocnaschek said after his approval.
Part two of Ocnaschek's visit to Daybreak
"As you know we've had the grand opening of the Real-Time Crime Center and this department has spent years developing and training people for carrying equipment and technology, expanding to accommodate the cutting edge technology to fight crime," he said at the time.
Ocnaschek thanked the mayor, the city manager and council members for supporting his appointment.
Ocnaschek has spent the last eight years of his 38-year career in law enforcement as part of the Beaumont Police Department's top command staff, according to a recent news release from the city
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He was previously the administrative division commander for the police department and also spent 17 years as the city's emergency management coordinator, according to the news release.
Ocnaschek, who holds a masters degree in public administration from Midwestern State and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Lamar University, also served in the Air Force where he managed security forces for many facilities including Randolph Air Force Base.
This is a developing story. We will update with more if and when we receive more confirmed information.