A major with over 21 years of service in the Little Rock Police Department was promoted Friday to fill one of the department s assistant chief of police spots, according to a Facebook post by the department.
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Throughout almost three decades in law enforcement, Sgt. Marilyn Thompson has often felt conflicted about how gender and race have impacted her career as a police officer.
“I’m a triple threat. Being a female is a threat. Being Black is a threat, and being a police officer in a threat,” Thompson said.
While attending leadership training classes at the University of Arkansas Criminal Justice Institute, Thompson compiled her personal experiences and relevant research into an academic paper.
“The paper dealt with the things I had to go through when I started in law enforcement,” Thompson said. “Things are better, but I had to deal with a lot of things in the police department, racism, and sexism. It resonated that I needed to write about what I had experienced.”