Merritt A. Edson
Major General Edson was born in Rutland, Vermont, on April 25, 1897. He received his early education in the Vermont towns of Rutland and Chester. Continue reading
Major General Merritt Edson
Category Archives: Commissioners
William H. Baumann
Commissioner Baumann
William H. Baumann was selected to become Commissioner on July 1, 1951. Commissioner Baumann, only thirty-one years old at the time, became the youngest State Police Commissioner in the nation. Continue reading
E. A. Alexander
Commissioner Alexander
E.A. Alexander became the third Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety in 1965 with the rank of Colonel. Colonel Alexander was (at the time) the only appointed Commissioner who had been a Trooper promoted to Commissioner, having begun his career with the Motor Vehicle Highway Patrol in 1929. Continue reading
E. W. Corcoran
E.W. Corcoran
E.W. Corcoran was appointed the new Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety on July 1, 1970. Continue reading
Francis E. Lynch
Francis E. Lynch served as Commissioner from 1977 – 1979
Warren Cone
1979 – 1980
Paul R. Philbrook
Paul R. Philbrook
1980 – 1984
Charles A. Bristow
Charles Bristow
1984 – 1986
A. James Walton Jr.
1986 – 2003
Kerry L. Sleeper
Kerry Sleeper
2003 – 2008
Thomas R. Tremblay
Commissioner Tremblay
2008 – 2011
Keith Flynn
2011 – present