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Georgia Ann Robinson (née Hill; May 12, 1879 – September 21, 1961) was an American police officer and community worker who was the first African American woman to be appointed a police officer at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); she was also one of the first Black policewomen to be hired in the country. She joined the force in 1916 ...
Gwendolyn J. Elliott (1945-2007) was an American police officer and founder of Gwen's Girls, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the improving the lives of at-risk young women and girls. She was a member of the first group of women to serve as Pittsburgh Police officers and was that department's first black female commander.
Gail Adrienne Cobb (August 17, 1950 – September 20, 1974) was a Black American police officer from Washington, D.C., the first female police officer in the United States shot and killed in the line of duty.
Two streets in a Louisiana city will be named after two notable hometown figures: a Tuskegee Airman and the first The post Tuskegee Airman, first Black female police officer honored with street ...
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One of Miami’s highest-ranking Black female officers has filed suit against the city and a notorious, now-fired police captain, arguing that she was unfairly demoted more than two years ago ...
Breonna Taylor, aged 26, was an African-American medical worker who was killed on March 13, 2020, after police officers from Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) forced entry into her home. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, fired a warning shot, mistaking the police for intruders, and wounded officer Jonathan Mattingly.
On April 20, 2021, Ma'Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old girl, [2] was fatally shot by police officer Nicholas Reardon in southeast Columbus, Ohio. [3] Released body camera and security camera footage show Bryant brandishing a knife and charging two women consecutively, leading up to the moment Officer Reardon fired four shots; Bryant was struck at least once.