Sgt. Michael Plunkard has been a member of the Johnstown Police Department since 2003.
He began his career in Law Enforcement in 2002 with Conemaugh Township Police ( Somerset Co) and Stonycreek Township Police, where he is currently employed on a part-time basis.
Officer Plunkard is currently assigned to the Patrol Division and a member of the Johnstown/Richland S.E.R.T. Team Entry Division
Sgt. Plunkard is a graduate of the Greater Johnstown Municipal Police Academy and Mount Aloysius College where obtained a degree in Criminology.
He has received training from the Pennsylvania State Police as a Municipal Police Firearms Instructor, (HK) Heckler & Koch Defense Training Group as a submachine gun operator and instructor.
Also has trained in National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA) basic S.W.A.T. and numerous inhouse training sessions with the JPD and other Law Enforcement agencies.
Sgt. Plunkard was promoted to the position of sergeant in Jan. 2012.