Bastrop, Tx–In just over a week the city is expecting a new police chief to take up his duties here after almost three years leading the police department in Kyle.
The chief’s office in Bastrop has been vacant since former chief David Board abruptly resigned in August after being charged with drunk driving in Austin. Assistant Chief Matt Wagner has been the acting chief since then.
Gregory Michael Blake is slated to begin his duties in Bastrop beginning Feb. 28, according to City Manager Mike Talbot.
Blake spent more than 20 years rising through the ranks of the Garland Police Department, beginning in 1973, to become assistant chief. In 2000 he was named chief of the Harlingen department, a post he left in 2002 before taking charge of the Tomball Police Department where he remained until moving to the Kyle position in early 2008.