Pamela Smith Named First Black Woman Chief of U.S. Park Police
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Published April 8, 2021
USPP Chief Smith (AP Photo)
Pamela A. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the United States Park Police, will lead the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency.
Chief Smith, who becomes the first African American woman to lead the 230-year-old agency, immediately remarked that she would establish a body-worn camera program for USPP within 90 days.
The program will initially begin in San Francisco and be implemented across the country by the end of the year, Chief Smith stated.
Lewis brings decades of experience in public safety and higher education to UConn
Gerald Lewis Jr. (Contributed photo)
Gerald Lewis Jr., chief of police and associate vice president of public safety at The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been selected as the next chief of police at the UConn Police Department, President Thomas C. Katsouleas announced Wednesday.
Lewis has three decades’ worth of deep roots in public safety, including 26 years in the New Jersey State Police and two years as chief of the East Carolina University Police Department before moving to UTSA in 2016.
Lewis was selected after a highly competitive nationwide search for the UConn police chief position, in which he will lead 100 sworn police officers assigned to seven campuses across the state. He will begin at UConn on July 1.
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Although a spokesperson for the Minneapolis police department would not comment on the nature of the chief’s testimony, Blackwell made clear in his opening statement that Arradondo was not likely to pull his punches.
“He is going to tell you that Mr Chauvin’s conduct was not consistent with Minneapolis police department training,” Blackwell said. “He will not mince any words. He’s very clear. He will be very decisive, that this was excessive force.”
A unanimous decision is needed to convict Chauvin on any of the three counts he faces, of second degree murder, third degree murder and manslaughter, making forceful testimony alongside the plethora of video and medical evidence imperative for the prosecution.