| Robert Colville | |
| Office2: | Judge of the Pennsylvania Superior Court |
| Term Start2: | March 20, 2006 |
| Term End2: | January 6, 2010 |
| Predecessor2: | Edmund B. Spaeth Jr. |
| Successor2: | Anne Lazarus |
| Office3: | Judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1998 |
| Term End3: | March 17, 2006 |
| Order5: | 17th |
| Office5: | District Attorney of Allegheny County |
| Term Start5: | January 5, 1976 |
| Term End5: | January 1, 1998 |
| Predecessor5: | John Hickton |
| Successor5: | Stephen Zappala |
| Order6: | 16th |
| Office6: | Pittsburgh Police Chief |
| Term Start6: | February 10, 1971 |
| Term End6: | March 1, 1975 |
| Predecessor6: | Stephen Joyce |
| Successor6: | Robert Coll |
| Birth Date: | 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Death Date: | September 11, 2018 (age 82 or 83) |
| Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Spouse: | Janet Graham[1] |
| Children: | Michael, Robert J., Molly |
| Residence: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Alma Mater: | Duquesne University Duquesne University School of Law |
| Profession: | Attorney, politician, police officer |
| Nickname: | Bob |
| Department: | Pittsburgh Police |
| Serviceyears: | 1960-1975 (Pittsburgh Police) |
| Rank: | - Chief 19711975 Homicide Detective 19691971 Patrolman 19611969 |
Robert E. Colville (1935 – September 11, 2018[2]) was a Democratic politician and attorney from Pennsylvania.
After graduating from North Catholic High School in 1953, Colville joined the Marines. He later attended Duquesne University, where he obtained his BA in 1963. Colville then returned to North Catholic, where he was a teacher, and the school's head football coach.[3]
While Chief in 1974 he started the department on testing for promotions.[4]
From 1971 through 1975, Colville served as Pittsburgh Chief of Police under Mayor Pete Flaherty.[5]
He was the Allegheny County District Attorney from 1976, when he defeated incumbent John Hickton,[6] until 1998.[7] [8] Colville contemplated a run for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 1981.[9] In 1997, he was elected to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, and in 2006, he was appointed to the Pennsylvania Superior Court.[10]