{"id":66836,"date":"2025-08-07T10:58:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=66836"},"modified":"2025-08-07T10:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T14:58:20","slug":"batavia-police-chief-shawn-heubusch-appointed-to-the-position-of-assistant-city-manager-for-the-city-of-batavia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/batavia-police-chief-shawn-heubusch-appointed-to-the-position-of-assistant-city-manager-for-the-city-of-batavia\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Police Chief Shawn Heubusch appointed to the position of Assistant City Manager for the City of Batavia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"202\" data-attachment-id=\"66837\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/batavia-police-chief-shawn-heubusch-appointed-to-the-position-of-assistant-city-manager-for-the-city-of-batavia\/thumbnail_image001-11\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_image001.jpg?fit=180%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"180,202\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS REBEL T3i&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1381458810&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"thumbnail_image001\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_image001.jpg?fit=180%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_image001.jpg?resize=180%2C202&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66837 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_image001.jpg?w=180&amp;ssl=1 180w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_image001.jpg?resize=134%2C150&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The City of Batavia announces the appointment of Chief Shawn Heubusch to the position of Assistant City Manager for the City of Batavia.&nbsp; Chief Heubusch was selected following an extensive search for candidates and active recruitment campaign.&nbsp; He assumes his new role on December 1, 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChief Shawn Heubusch is commitment to public service, strategic thinking, and proven ability to manage complex operations made him an excellent fit for the Assistance City Manager position.&nbsp; As Assistant City Manager, he will play a critical part in supporting the overall administration of city departments and advancing key initiatives,\u201d said Rachael J. Tabelski, City Manager of the City of Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Heubusch has served as the City of Batavia as Police Chief for 13 years and has been involved in municipal public safety for over 25 years of his career.&nbsp; During his time as Chief for Batavia, he has successfully led complex operations, managed multi-million-dollar budgets, overseen major capital improvement projects, and guided interdepartmental initiatives with success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Heubusch lead the City of Batavia police operations through the COVID-19 Pandemic, Bail Reform, Discovery Law Changes and the Albany Police Reform Initiative.&nbsp; He was able to navigate and support our police officers during these major times of change as a professional and trusted administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During his tenure he brought back the City\u2019s bicycle patrol officers; established a Community Policing Committee within the Department, chaired the Batavia Police Community Night and Shop-with-a-Cop events.&nbsp; He is also responsible for establishing the Department\u2019s mentor program for newly hired officer, the School Resource Officer Program, re-establishing a K-9 program, and growing the capabilities of the City\u2019s Emergency Response Team (ERT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chief Heubusch is the immediate-past president of the New York State Association of Chief\u2019s of Police (NYSACOP), a member of the Western New York Association of the Chief\u2019s of Police (WNYACOP), Genesee County E911 Board, Genesee County Traffic Safety Committee, Genesee County Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, Genesee-Orleans-Wyoming Opioid Task Force.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heubusch attended Genesee Community College studying Criminal Justice, graduated from the Police Academy, and is a 2019 graduate of Leadership Genesee.&nbsp; He resides in Pavilion with his wife Danielle, and enjoys spending time with his family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release BATAVIA, NY \u2013 The City of Batavia announces the appointment of Chief Shawn Heubusch to the position of Assistant City Manager for the City of Batavia.&nbsp; Chief Heubusch was selected following an extensive search for candidates and active recruitment campaign.&nbsp; He assumes his new role on December 1, \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/batavia-police-chief-shawn-heubusch-appointed-to-the-position-of-assistant-city-manager-for-the-city-of-batavia\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4705],"tags":[2657,5301],"class_list":["post-66836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-batavia","tag-assistant-city-manager","tag-shawn-heubusch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-ho0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77704,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/batavia-heubusch-to-leave-assistant-city-manager-post-will-take-a-new-job-at-the-state-level\/","url_meta":{"origin":66836,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Heubusch to leave Assistant City Manager post, will take a new job at the state level, NYSACOP","author":"aka","date":"July 27, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release\/City Manager Rachael Tabelski It is with a mix of sadness and pleasure that I am announcing the retirement of Shawn Heubusch as Assistant City Manager for the City of Batavia.\u00a0\u00a0 Shawn was appointed last August following an extensive search for candidates and active recruitment campaign. 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