# Tyree Blocker

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**Tyree Cedric Blocker** (August 29, 1952 – March 2, 2024) was a [law enforcement](/source/Law_enforcement) official who rose in the ranks of the [Pennsylvania State Police](/source/Pennsylvania_State_Police) serving as [commissioner](/source/Police_commissioner) from 2015 until his retirement in 2018.[1][2]

Blocker began his career with the state police as a trooper in 1973 serving in troops F, L and J.[3] In 1985 Blocker received his first promotion to [Trooper first class](/source/Trooper_first_class) while at troop L. In 1987 Blocker was again promoted to [corporal](/source/Corporal) and three years later to [sergeant](/source/Sergeant).[4] In 1992 he was then promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant) and a year later to [captain](/source/Captain).[5] In 1996 he was promoted to [major](/source/Major_(rank)) overseeing Section III ([Delaware Valley](/source/Delaware_Valley) area of Pennsylvania). In 2005 Blocker left the state police and was a senior adviser to the [Trinidad and Tobago Police Service](/source/Trinidad_and_Tobago_Police_Service) then later adviser to the minister of national security for the Trinidad and Tobago government. In 2014 Blocker returned to the United States.[6][7]

In the summer of 2015 Blocker was nominated by governor [Tom Wolf](/source/Tom_Wolf) to oversee the state's police force. Blocker's nomination passed the [Pennsylvania House of Representatives](/source/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives) then the [Pennsylvania State Senate](/source/Pennsylvania_State_Senate) and on August 3, 2015, Blocker was appointed as the 21st Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police.[8][9]

## See also

- [List of Pennsylvania State Police commissioners and superintendents](/source/Pennsylvania_State_Police#Superintendents_and_Commissioners_since_1905)

## References

1. ["PSP-HEMC-Pennsylvania State Police History 3"](https://www.psp-hemc.org/history/psp3.html). *www.psp-hemc.org*. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

1. Inc, Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation of Matthew Genereux. ["Obituary for Col. Tyree C. Blocker (Ret.) | Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation of Matthew Genereux, Inc."](https://www.longwoodfuneralhome.com/obituary/ColTyree-CBlockerRet). *Obituary for Col. Tyree C. Blocker (Ret.) | Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation of Matthew Genereux, Inc.*. Retrieved 2024-03-08.

1. McKelvey, Wallace (2017-02-03). ["State police commissioner: 'There was an awful lot of complacency at the academy'"](https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2017/02/pa_state_police_reviewing_cade.html). *pennlive*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. McKelvey, Wallace (2017-02-24). ["What happens when a town drops its local police? PSP Col. Tyree Blocker explains"](https://www.pennlive.com/politics/2017/02/pennsylvania_state_police.html). *pennlive*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. ["Tyree Blocker"](https://fox43.com/tag/tyree-blocker/). *WPMT FOX43*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. Writer, By TIM STUHLDREHER | Staff. ["State police commissioner nominee Tyree Blocker headed Lancaster-based troop"](https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/state-police-commissioner-nominee-tyree-blocker-headed-lancaster-based-troop/article_87fc8b38-3a32-11e5-99c5-cb7e847c20ea.html). *LancasterOnline*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. ["Retired Major Picked to Run Pa. State Police"](http://wpsu.psu.edu/retired-major-picked-to-run-pa-state-police/). *wpsu.psu.edu*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. Esack, Steve. ["Wolf names new Pennsylvania State Police commissioner"](https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/mc-nws-wolf-state-police-evanchick-20180322-story.html). *mcall.com*. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

1. ["Evanchick Confirmed To Head Up Pennsylvania State Police"](https://www.wesa.fm/post/evanchick-confirmed-head-pennsylvania-state-police). *www.wesa.fm*. Associated Press. Retrieved 2019-11-28.

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