McGowan graduated cum laude from St. Thomas Aquinas College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science and an Associates' Degree in Police Sciences from Rockland Community College. Through his career he served as President, First Vice President and Public Relations Director of the Rocland County Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. In that capacity he was Director/Writer and Moderator of The PBA Speaks WRKL Radio. As the Commanding Officer of the Suffern Detective Bureau, he became the first President of the Rockland County Detectives Endowment Association before its charter. As an...