State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan has promoted Matthew K. Rowlands of Danielsville, Northampton County, to lieutenant and assigned him as the eastern section commander, Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement. He most recently served as the station commander of Troop M, Belfast.

Lieutenant Rowlands enlisted in the state police in 1991. Upon graduation from the Academy, he was assigned to Troop M, Bethlehem.As he progressed through the ranks, Lieutenant Rowlands served in Troops M and K.During his career, he served as a trooper, corporal and sergeant in the patrol and crime units in Troops M and K.Lieutenant Rowlands was promoted to corporal in 1998 and to sergeant in 2011. Lieutenant Rowlands is a 1986 graduate of Warwick Senior High School and a 1990 graduate of Millersville University.Lieutenant Rowlands and his wife, Jodi, reside in Lehigh Township, Northampton County.Noonan also promoted William A. Teper Jr., of Lower Macungie Township, Lehigh County, to major and assigned him as the director of the Bureau of Forensic Services and Raymond S. Singley of Millville, Columbia County, to captain and assigned him as the director of the personnel services office.For more information about the Pennsylvania State Police, visit their website at

www.psp.state.pa.us.