Joan Tucker, who broke Wilkes-Barre’s glass ceiling as the city’s first female police officer, died on Sunday at age 69.
Patrick Rushton, a spokesman for the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department Retirees Association, recalled Tucker as someone who “had a way of taking control of a situation with no screaming, no yelling, and getting people calmed down.”
“I worked with Joanie for a few years before she retired. She was a great person to work with,” Rushton said. “And you knew that Joanie always had your back.” – Read More
