Debbie Peecook spent the last 30 years climbing the ranks at the Napa Police Department, becoming the highest ranking female officer whose career began here. Although she loves her job, it’s time to retire, she said.“If we keep staying, then nobody else can grow here,” Peecook said in an interview on Wednesday, her last day on the job.
Peecook, now 53, decided to become a police officer when she was 21 – with no college education and a full-time job, she put herself through the Napa Valley Police Academy. It was 1985 and Peecook was among only a handful of women on the Napa Police force. – READ MORE
