DSP Promotion Announcement

Location: 

• Wilmington University Dover, Delaware

 

DATE and TIME:  

• Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

 

Promotes:

• From Captain to Major
• Charles J. (Chip) Simpson (Headquarters- Dover)
• Melissa A. Zebley (Headquarters- Dover)
• From Lieutenant to Captain
• Sherri L. Benson (Headquarters-Dover)
• Thomas Logan (Headquarters- Dover)
• From Sergeant to Lieutenant
• Charles C. Condon (Troop 3 – Woodside)
• Matthew E. Cox (Troop 2- Newark)
• Douglas P. Deveney (Headquarters- Dover)
• From Corporal to Sergeant
• Tonya L. Armstrong-Widdoes (Headquarters- Dover)
• Robert M. Jones (Troop 2- Newark)
• John J. McColgan (Troop 5 – Bridgeville)
• Anthony Mendez (Troop 7 – Lewes)
• Thomas Paskevicius (Troop 3- Woodside)

 

 

Resume:

        On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 Colonel Robert M. Coupe, Superintendant of the Delaware State Police, will announce the division’s most recent promotions.  The promotional ceremony will be held at Wilmington University in Dover, DE and begin at 1:00 p.m. 

 

        Notable dignitaries scheduled to make remarks include the Honorable Governor Jack Markell, Lt. Governor Matthew Denn, Attorney General Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III, and Cabinet Secretary Lewis D. Schiliro. 

 

        Surrounded by family, friends and colleagues 12 Delaware State Troopers will be promoted to new ranks including Major Melissa A. Zebley, who Colonel Coupe named as the first female major in the history of the Delaware State Police.