UPDATED: OC Police Chief Ray Austin Take Oath of Office During Monday’s Mayor & Council Meeting

Ocean City Police Chief Ray Austin takes the oath of office from Mayor Rick Meehan/ Images courtesy Town of Ocean City

UPDATED – 6:40pm –  Ocean City’s newest Chief of Police has now taken his oath of office. Chief Ray Austin was sworn into office by Mayor Rick Meehan at the start of Monday night’s City Council meeting before a packed chamber.  

Chief Austin is no stranger to Ocean City or the O-C-P-D as he began his career in Ocean City as a seasonal officer in 1991 and became a full-time officer in 1994. In 2022 Austin retired from the department – and became a special investigator in the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office. Austin was hired as the result of a nationwide search after Chief Ross Buzzuro announced his retirement at the end of October last year.

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Tonight Ocean City’s new Police Chief Ray Austin will be sworn into office. This will be during the regular Mayor and Council meeting beginning at 6pm. Austin was appointed as the new Chief of Police in mid-April – but he’s no stranger to the resort.

He was hired as a seasonal officer in 1991 and became a full-time officer in 1994. He retired from OCPD in 2022 and went to work as a Special Investigator in the Worcester County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Austin has over 30 years of law enforcement experience.  His focus as he returns to the OCPD is on public safety, accountability, and community partnership.