RI State Police Leader, 46, Looking For New Job

Editor's Note: This is the buzz at Connecticut State Police HQ, Middletown. A trooper from Rhode Island has been mentioned as a possible successor to Commissioner Len Boyle. Other names circulating for top jobs include CSP Major Peter Terenzi and Linda Yelmini, recently brought in to oversee CSP internal affairs. Major Chris Arciero is considered a long-shot candidate for a top leadership post.

Unconfirmed report:
the R.I. Colonel passed for private industry $$$$$$$$$

Another name kicked around:
Skip Thomas,
head of Homeland Security, former Chief of Vernon P.D. and Glastonbury


Pare, head of state police, retiring at 46

Providence Journal
January 11, 2007


The head of the Rhode Island State Police is retiring, after 26 years on the force, and at age 46.

Col. Steven M. Pare will leave in February, the governor's office confirmed early this evening.

Pare, of Cranston, has been the agency's top official since October 2001, when he was appointed by former Gov. Lincoln Almond. He has been with the state police since 1980.

In a statement released by the governor's office, Pare noted that he reached the maximum retirement age in June 2005. He declined to comment by phone tonight.

“Now that I’ve reached retirement age, and now that Governor Carcieri has completed his first term, this seems the appropriate time to look for new opportunities,” Pare said in the statement. “I love the State Police, but I believe I should make this move while I’m still young enough to have a second career.”

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