Beavercreek Police Department Names Travis O’Neill as Community Engagement Officer

The Beavercreek Police Department is proud to announce that Officer Travis O'Neil has been named Community Engagement Officer (CEO). Officer O'Neill was selected to replace CEO Kris Brownlee, who was promoted to sergeant and has assumed patrol supervision duties.

Officer O'Neill was hired as a patrol officer in February 2022. He graduated from the Sinclair College Police Academy and received his Ohio Peace Officer training commission in December 2005. Prior to joining the department, Officer O'Neill was employed as a police officer with Grandview Hospital (now Kettering Health Police), an officer and dispatcher with the Village of Germantown, and a police officer with the City of Lebanon, where he held positions as a Detective, Field Training Officer (FTO) and Officer-in-Charge (OIC). Prior to being named CEO, Officer O'Neill was assigned to patrol duties, but often assisted with community engagement activities and filled in when needed as a school resource officer and background investigator.

CEO O'Neill is responsible for coordinating various crime prevention and community engagement events, activities and programs and providing public education on community policing objectives and practices within our community. He will be actively involved with planning and conducting popular youth and community programs such as Safety Town, Citizens Police Academy, and National Night Out, to name a few. CEO O'Neill will also work closely with the city's communications director to promote police department community events, news, and special programs through the agency's social media platforms. He has great plans for working in partnership with city residents, so when you see him out and about in the community, be sure to say hello and join the police department in wishing him well in this important assignment!