{"id":2434,"date":"2017-11-15T13:32:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T13:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kspiscweb5\/KSP\/?page_id=2434"},"modified":"2026-01-23T16:50:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T21:50:41","slug":"command-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/command-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Command Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Colonel Phillip
\u201cPJ\u201d Burnett, Jr.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Colonel Chad White<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Deputy Commissioner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact the Office of the Commissioner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Phone:<\/strong> (502) 782-1800<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>The Commissioner’s Office<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mail\/In Person at:<\/strong>
Kentucky State Police Headquarters
919 Versailles Road
Frankfort, KY 40601<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Office of the Commissioner<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner Phillip \u201cPJ\u201d Burnett, Jr.<\/strong> is a 28-year veteran of KSP and has served in numerous assignments, including post level uniformed and investigative operations, collision reconstructionist, field training officer, firearms instructor, post commander, operations east troop major, and administration division lieutenant colonel and executive director of the Office of Operations as Unit 1. On Nov. 4, 2020, he was promoted to colonel and acting commissioner
of the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 9, 2021, Gov. Andy Beshear announced the appointment of Col. Phillip Burnett Jr. as commissioner of KSP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner Burnett is a native of Bell County. He received his bachelor of science degree from Union College, and holds a teaching certification in secondary education. Burnett is also a graduate of the FBI National Executive Institute Session #46. Since serving with KSP, he has received multiple awards including, Post Trooper of the Year, the Citation for Bravery, the Commissioner\u2019s Award, and back-to-back Governor\u2019s Awards for Impaired Driving Enforcement.
He currently resides in Pineville with his wife and two sons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Command Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Michael Rogers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Colonel
Office of Operations<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Larry Newton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Colonel
Office of Technical Services<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremy Hamm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lt. Colonel
Office of Administrative Services<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Timothy Austin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Special Enforcement<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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David Archer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of West Troops<\/em><\/em>
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Eric Walker<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of East Troops<\/em><\/em>
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Bruce Button<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Management Service<\/em>
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Chris Short<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Operational Support<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Emily Horton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Commercial Vehicle Enforcement<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Todd Kidd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Electronic Services<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Marshall Johnson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Executive Services<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Brad Arterburn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Major
Division of Records Management<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jeremy Triplett<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Forensic Services Division <\/em>Director<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shawna Kincer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Executive Advisor
Commissioner’s Office<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Colonel Phillip \u201cPJ\u201d Burnett, Jr. Commissioner Colonel Chad White Deputy Commissioner Contact the Office of the Commissioner Phone: (502) 782-1800 Email: The Commissioner’s Office Mail\/In Person at:Kentucky State Police Headquarters919 Versailles RoadFrankfort, KY 40601 Office of the Commissioner Commissioner Phillip \u201cPJ\u201d Burnett, Jr. is a 28-year veteran of KSP and has served in numerous assignments, including […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2434","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"modal_enabled":false,"modal_title":"","modal_body":"","modal_image":"","background_image":"","apply_button_url":"","instagram_url":"","facebook_url":"","twitter_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434"}],"version-history":[{"count":208,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55208,"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2434\/revisions\/55208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}