Robert Coll
Robert J. Coll | |
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Police career | |
Department | Pittsburgh Police |
Service years | 1960–1986 (Pittsburgh Police) |
Rank | - Pittsburgh Chief March 1, 1975- April 4, 1986 |
Robert J. Coll (born 1934) was a longtime Pittsburgh Police leader, who served as Pittsburgh Police Chief from March 1, 1975 – April 4, 1986. He first joined the force in 1960.[1][2] In the last year of his tenure as Chief the Pittsburgh Police boasted 1,200 sworn officers.[3]
In 1977, Chief Coll made headlines while attending a community meeting with the comment that the then state law prohibited him from reprimanding officers with suspensions or dismissals.[4]
I don't think flair ever solved a crime. You can employ all the technological advances, you can read all of the books and all the brochures, but key to being a police officer is, and will always be, underststanding people.
A 1987 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette interview.
In February, 1981 a long simmering political feud erupted during a Pittsburgh City Council meeting at City Hall between Chief Coll and longtime councilmember and sometimes council president Eugene "Jeep" DePasquale, with accusations of lying and shouting.[5] Coll was the last chief before Mayor Caliguri's summer 1986 police reorganization that put the nine long time city police precincts under the current five "police zones" format.[6]
After his retirement he became Director of the Allegheny County Police Training Academy in suburban North Park. A position he assumed in January, 1987.[7]
See also
- Pittsburgh
- Police chief
- Allegheny County Sheriff
- List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania
References
- ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "The Vindicator - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ^ "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
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Preceded by Robert E. Colville | Pittsburgh Police Chief 1975–1986 | Succeeded by William Ward |
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