Frank Pawlowski | |
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19th Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police | |
In office Acting: August 9, 2008 – October 7, 2008 October 7, 2008 –January 7, 2011 | |
Governor | Ed Rendell |
Preceded by | Jeffrey B. Miller |
Succeeded by | Frank Noonan |
Personal details | |
Education | West Chester University of Pennsylvania (BCJ) |
Profession | Law enforcement |
Frank E. Pawlowski is a former police officer who served as commissioner for the Pennsylvania State Police. [1]
Frank E. Pawlowski was the son of a Pennsylvania State Police trooper. [2]
In 1976,he graduated from West Chester State College with a bachelor's degree in criminal justice. [3]
In 1978,Pawlowski enlisted in the state police and was assigned to Troop J in Embreeville,Pennsylvania. [3] Among other roles,he worked as a hostage negotiator,an investigator of the Camp Hill Prison riots,and a special counsel for state attorney general's probe into Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen. In 1999,he graduated from the FBI National Academy. [3] He became commander of Troop J in 2000 and was promoted to the rank of major in 2003. [3]
On August 9,2008,after state police commissioner Jeffrey B. Miller stepped down from his position to take a role with the National Football League,Governor Ed Rendell named Pawlowski as acting commissioner of the state police. [2] [4] Pawlowski was subsequently confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate on October 7,2008. [5] He continued to serve as the head of the state police,commanding approximately 6,000 civilian and enlisted employees,until he retired on January 7,2011. [6] He was succeeded by Frank Noonan,an appointee of newly elected governor Tom Corbett. [7]
Pawlowski's older son,Francis J. Pawlowski,joined the Pennsylvania State Police in 2011. [8]
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