Paul F. Evans

Paul F. Evans
Relatives	William B. Evans (brother)
Police career
Department	Boston Police Department
Years of service	1970–2003
Rank	Commissioner

Paul F. Evans, Jr. is an American law enforcement officer who served as Commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1994 to 2003 and is the current Executive Vice President of Security and Compliance for Suffolk Downs.

Evans grew up in South Boston. His mother died when he was 13 and his father raised Evans and his four brothers alone. When Evans was 25, his father died and Evans took on a paternal role towards his teenage brothers, one of whom, William B. Evans, is the current Boston Police Commissioner.

After graduating from high school, Evans enlisted in the United States Marines Corps. He served eleven months in Vietnam during the Vietnam War and fought in the Battle of Khe Sanh.

In 1969, Evans returned home. He enrolled in Boston College, found a job with the United States Postal Service, and planned on having a career in business. However, a cousin told him about the police exam and Evans signed up without giving it much thought.

Evans joined the Boston Police Department in 1970 as a street patrol officer. He was a member of the same class as William Bratton. In 1974, Evans graduated from Boston State College with a bachelor's degree in political science.

After five years as a patrolman in Dorchester, Evans was promoted to sergeant. He served as a day supervisor in South Boston during the height of the Boston busing crisis.

In 1978, Evans earned a law degree from Suffolk University Law School. That same year he was promoted to Lieutenant, where he ran the night shift in Jamaica Plain and later in Brighton. He also worked in the Field Services bureau, where he was credited with developing the data that Commissioner Joseph M. Jordan's 1983 patrol plan was based on.

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