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]