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Newark’s First Female Police Director, Chief Calls It A Career

                  NEWARK — Sheilah Coley, the city’s first-ever female police chief and police director, is calling it a career. Coley officially retired Saturday after 25 years with the department, ending a historic tenure that saw her hold every available rank. She was named the force’s first female […]

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St. Paul’s First Female Somali Police Officer Has Critics And Fans

                    Kadra Mohamed walks into an old haunt, the Grocery and Meat Market on the city’s north side, where as a girl she shopped with her mother. She breathes in the heady smell of Somali spices, halal meat and the bread she has loved since growing […]

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Little Ferry Hires Its First Female Police Officer

                    LITTLE FERRY – History was made in Little Ferry on Tuesday night when the borough attorney swore in Jennifer Ali, the town’s very first female police officer, in front of an audience full of family, friends and supporters. As a resident who was born and […]

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Wellington’s First Female Maritime Cop

                  Paula Tanuvasa is making waves as the first policewoman to call Wellington Harbour her office. The experienced constable has traded in forensic photography for making rescues and catching marine poachers. Taking up the spot aboard the police launch Lady Elizabeth IV makes Tanuvasa the Wellington maritime […]

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