Town hires Davis to lead police department

By: 
Nathan Oster

Less than a month after parting ways with its police chief, the Greybull Town Council has hired his replacement, tapping a Big Horn County Sheriff’s Office deputy who began his law enforcement career in Greybull.

The council approved the appointment of Travis Davis after it came out of an executive session at the end of Monday night’s meeting.  Davis’s first day with the GPD will be July 23.  He will replace Ken Blosser, whose six-year run with the town ended June 14.

Davis spent three years with the GPD (2008-2011) before becoming a sheriff’s deputy. For the past 13 years, he’s served in various roles — patrol, firearms inspector and fleet manager, to name a few. He’ll be leaving it behind in a couple weeks.

“I did it to further my career — I’ve got 16 years and seven months in — and I think it would be pretty cool to end my career in the same place where I started it,” he said.  “I raised both my kids here, and over the years as you get to know more and more people, it’s definitely home now.”

Davis, who has lived in Greybull since 2008, said he has yet to identify what priorities he will emphasize when he takes over, but when asked what a police department should be, he mentioned one word: “Approachable.”

 

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