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Proclamation recognizing Sheriff William P. Mullen for his 50 years of dedicated service to law enforcement.
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WHEREAS, to say that law enforcement runs through Sheriff William P. Mullen’s veins is an understatement. Growing up in Carrick in a family of four, Sheriff Mullen followed in the footsteps of his late father. His father, also William Mullen, was named Pittsburgh “Detective of the Year” in 1968 and chosen nationally to attend the New York premiere of the Frank Sinatra movie “The Detective.” At a young age, Sheriff Mullen looked up to his father and was interested in his father’s profession; and
WHEREAS, in 1964, Sheriff Mullen attended the University of Dayton and majored in political science. While in his senior year, still uncertain about a career path, Sheriff Mullen decided to take the test for Pittsburgh police. Two months after graduation in December 1968, he entered the Pittsburgh police academy; and
WHEREAS, for 37 years, Sheriff Mullen served with the City of Pittsburgh where he worked with a variety of divisions, including: Narcotics Detective, Homicide Lieutenant, Commander, Assistant Chief of Operations, Assistant Chief of Investigations and Deputy Chief. Sheriff Mullen and former Allegheny County Police Superintendent Charles Moffatt are the only Pittsburgh officers ever to have worn seven different badges - patrolman, third- and first-grade detective, lieutenant, commander, assistant chief and deputy chief; and
WHEREAS, over Sheriff Mullen’s extensive and impressive law enforcement career with the City of Pittsburgh, he was involved in many of Pittsburgh’s most infamous cases; and
WHEREAS, in 1984, Sheriff Mullen put in for retirement with Pittsburgh police; however, he didn’t stick to that plan. After retiring from the city as deputy chief, he excepted the position of Allegheny County chief deputy sheriff offered to him by Sheriff Pete DeFazio; and
WHEREAS, shortly after becoming chief dep...
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