Twenty-three years after Pamela A. Smith joined the U.S. Park Police, she makes history after being chosen to lead the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency as its chief, becoming the first African-American woman in the position.
She’ll lead a 560-member workforce that protects the public, parks and the nation’s most iconic landmarks in the District, New York City and San Francisco metropolitan areas.
Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and then graduated from the FBI National Academy. She’s a member of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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During her law enforcement career, the proud member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. has served as a patrol officer, field training officer, canine handler and academy instructor at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
The new leader of the 230-year-old agency immediately remarked that she would establish a body-worn camera program for the department within 90 days. The program will initially begin in San Francisco and be implemented across the country by the end of the year, Smith stated.
Source: Raise a Fist: Pamela Smith Becomes First Black Woman Chief of U.S. Park Police (Watch)
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