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Pat Dawkins earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and religion at Excelsior College. He also completed the Police Academy at Eastern Kentucky University. Pat lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 

Pat is retired. He previously worked as a police dispatcher at the Bowling Green Police Department, a detective and director of crime victim services at the Commonwealth Attorney's Office, a deputy juvenile officer at the Warren County Sheriff's Department, and a police officer at the Western Kentucky University Police Department.

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Pat currently serves as the Warren County Constable in District 6. He was elected in 2022 and is serving his first term.

As of March 25, 2026, Pat Dawkins did not have a website or any information online.

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Said, "What we’re really trying to do is make it a more professional group of people that offers community service and backs up other law enforcement agencies."

- Said, "What we’re really trying to do is make it a more professional group of people that offers community service and backs up other law enforcement agencies."

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Pat Dawkins

Pat Dawkins earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and religion at Excelsior College. He also completed the Police Academy at Eastern Kentucky University. Pat lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 


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Pat currently serves as the Warren County Constable in District 6. He was first elected in November 2022 and is serving his first term.


As of March 25, 2026, Pat Dawkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The constable delivers official legal documents, like a court summons or subpoenas and may serve warrants where allowed.
- Due to a 2022 law change, someone elected to this office does not automatically have law enforcement powers if the person did not have those powers before. To have law enforcement powers, a constable must be certified by the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council or grandfathered in, having served as a constable before 2023. 
- The constable is allowed to carry a concealed weapon and ay seize personal property to collect on fees owed to them.
- They are elected to a 4-year term.
- In all counties except Jefferson and Fayette, constables are compensated from the fees they collect. In Jefferson and Fayette, they are paid a $9,600 per year salary.