CNN Erin Burnett OutFront September 17, 2013 23:26:00
All right lanier has managed to balance her personal life and professional life from an early age. she got a g.e.d., two masters degrees, and in her early tw20s followed her older brother into the police force. >> once i came out of the academy and hit the street i knew there was nothing else i'd rather do. >> reporter: when she joined the police force in 1990 the city was known as the nation's murder capital. no longer. she's credited with driving down crime without driving a wedge between police and the neighborhoods they work in. the head of d.c.'s fbi office worked with lanier every day an...