Oakland has appointed its first female police chief after the city’s department became embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal featuring an 17-year-old prostitute. Anne Kirkpatrick from Memphis, Tennessee has been headhunted by Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf to clean up the troubled department. Over the summer, three police […]
Saunders: Durham Hire Brings Another Female Police Chief To The Triangle
Know thyself. That’s one advantage I have over y’all. I know me. I know what I’m capable of – not a whole lot – and what I’m not. The main thing I know is that someone with my propensity for messing up should never, ever date […]
Ports’ New Top Cop Brings 27 Years Experience To The Job
Tonya Chapman is a member of a very small and elite group of law enforcement professionals. She is one of 200 women in this nation who are Chiefs of a police department. Chief Chapman was the first African-American woman to be named a month and a […]
Naming Of Stoughton’s First Female Police Chief ‘A Big Deal’
STOUGHTON – The town has its first female police chief, but it will be up to selectmen whether the lieutenant serving as acting head of the department remains in that position. Lt. Donna McNamara was named the acting police chief Friday by Police Chief Paul Shastany, […]
Bradenton Gets First Female Police Chief
“Chief Melanie Bevan represents a small group — less than 2% of the police chiefs nationwide who are women.” – Jane Hall Bradenton, Florida — She rose through the ranks at the St. Petersburg Police Department and is now the top police officer with Bradenton police, picked from […]
County Set For First Female Police Chief
Hampshire Constabulary looks set to appoint its first female chief constable after the county’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) named his preferred candidate for the vacant role. Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney has been identified as the first choice for the position following “a […]
FitzSimmons Tapped As White Plains Police Chief
WHITE PLAINS – In a career of “firsts,” Anne FitzSimmons says that while others might look at her as the city’s first female police chief, she doesn’t. “In my mind, I’m just the latest chief in White Plains,” said the 61-year-old lifelong city resident, who was […]
Manawatu Gets New Top Cop
Manawatu has a new top cop. Inspector Sarah Stewart is the first female area commander for Manawatu, taking up the position vacated by Inspector Pat Handcock, who left in October last year to take up a secondment position with the Ministry of Social Development. Stewart, who […]
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