Bremen Post Has New Commander

BREMEN - Robert J. Rich of Culver was named as the new commander of the Indiana State Police Bremen Post, from which other recent promotions also were announced.

Rich, who also was promoted to lieutenant, replaced Joan Malayter-Brubaker upon her retirement as post commander. The Bremen Post provides state police service to St. Joseph, Elkhart, Marshall and Kosciusko counties.

Rich is a graduate of North Miami High School and received a bachelor's degree in business administration from University of Indianapolis in 1983. He became an ISP trooper in 1984 and patrolled Indiana until 1991, when he became a detective for the ISP Bureau of Criminal Investigations. He has served as a youth services camp director and was a member of the department's emergency response team. In 1999, Rich was promoted to sergeant for the department's problem-oriented policing unit, where he served for one year before being promoted to post commander. Rich remains a member of the hostage/crisis negotiation team and is an instructor for surveillance operations.

Among the other promotions, Trooper Alan R. Lowrance was promoted to detective within the ISP Bureau of Criminal Investigations.

Lowrance, of South Bend, graduated from Washington High School and attended Indiana University, South Bend campus. He graduated from the police academy in 1988 and was assigned to patrol Kosciusko County until his recent promotion. He remains a member of the underwater search and rescue team and the tactical intervention platoon.