Junction City Manager Allen Dinkel has announced that Captain Dan Breci will assume the duties of Interim Police Chief, effective Saturday, June 4. That move follows the retirement of Police Chief Tim Brown, who has been a member of the Department for more than 37 years.

Breci began his professional law enforcement career as a law enforcement officer with the Mitchell, South Dakota Police Department in 1976. After serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Riley for three years, he began employment with the Junction City Police Department in 1989.

Breci then served as Detective in charge of Internal Affairs with the Topeka Police Department for six years, then was named Undersheriff of the Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office in Topeka. Breci then became instructor of police at the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Hutchinson before returning to the Junction City Police Department as Captain of Operations in 2005.

Dinkel said the process to fill the position on a permanent basis will continue.