FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 26, 2018
Harrisburg, PA – Acting State Police Commissioner Robert Evanchick has promoted Jonathon Rush Jr., a native of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, to lieutenant and assigned him as patrol section commander in Troop E, Erie. He most recently served as the patrol section supervisor in Troop D, Butler.
Lieutenant Rush enlisted in the state police in 2003. Upon graduation from the academy, he was assigned to the Troop M, Bethlehem. As he progressed through the ranks, Lieutenant Rush also served in Troops B and D. He was promoted to corporal in 2009 and sergeant in 2016.
Lieutenant Rush is a 2001 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in computer information sciences and a minor in the administration of justice and a graduate of the Pennsylvania State Police Leadership Development Program.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Ryan Tarkowski or Cpl. Adam Reed, 717-783-5556
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