Frank Noonan Receives Excellence Award

The Pennsylvania Attorney General\’s Chief of Criminal Investigations, Frank Noonan, has received the Pennsylvania Narcotics Officers\’ Association\’s Linda E. Richardson Commitment to Excellence Award.

The Pennsylvania Narcotics Officers\’ Association (PNOA) is a statewide organization dedicated to supporting the men and women who commit their careers to protecting Pennsylvania from the threat of illegal drugs by raising public awareness of the dangers of drug abuse, by providing enhanced training to narcotics officers, and by helping to create and implement drug demand reduction programs.

Joe Jacob, Chief of the Wright Township Police Department in Mountaintop, Luzerne County, and treasurer of the PNOA, said that the Linda E. Richardson Commitment to Excellence Award is not given out on a regular basis, but instead is reserved to recognize extraordinary people who show continued achievement in narcotics enforcement.