Cathy L. Lanier is the Chief of Police with the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). Chief of Police is the title typically given to the head of a Police department, particularly in North America. The Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, also known as the DC Police, MPD, and MPDC is the municipal Police Washington, D.C. mayor Adrian Fenty appointed Lanier to replace outgoing Police Chief Charles Ramsey. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D Adrian Malik Fenty (born December 6, 1970) is the sixth and current mayor of the District of Columbia, having begun his term of office on Charles H Ramsey (born 1950) is the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department. Lanier is the first female MPDC chief.
Lanier, who grew up in Tuxedo, Maryland, joined the MPDC in 1990 as a foot patrolman. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) In 1994 she was promoted to sergeant, and two years later, a lieutenant, before becoming a patrol supervisor. Lanier led development of community policing initiatives within the department. Community policing or neighbourhood policing is a policing strategy and philosophy based on the notion that community interaction and support can help control [1] In 1999 she became a captain and later that year, was promoted to Inspector and placed in charge of the Department's Major Narcotics Branch/Gang Crime Unit. In August 2000, she was promoted to Commander-in-charge of the Fourth District. In April 2006 she became the Commander at the Office of Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism, Office of the Chief of Police in MPDC, overseeing, among other things, the bomb squad and the emergency response team. [2]
She has advanced academic degrees from the Johns Hopkins University and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, where she completed a Masters in Security Studies; her thesis was Preventing Terror Attacks in the Homeland: A New Mission for State and Local Police. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS is a research university at the graduate-school level operated by the United States Navy. [3] She also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is a graduate of the FBI Academy and the University of the District of Columbia. The John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (also known as Harvard Kennedy School and HKS) is a Public policy and The FBI Academy, located in Quantico Virginia, is the training grounds for new Special Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation The University of the District of Columbia (UDC is a Public university located in Washington D [1]
Chief Lanier rose to her position from humble beginnings: she was a high-school dropout and unwed mother. [1]
References
- ^ a b David Nakamura, Allison Klein and Howard Schneider. "Fenty Picks Lanier for D.C. Police Chief", Washington Post, November 20, 2006.
- ^ Sari Horowitz. "Israeli Experts Teach Police On Terrorism: Training Programs Prompt Policy Shifts", Washington Post, Jun 12, 2005.
- ^ Lanier's Masters Thesis Preventing Terror Attacks in the Homeland: A New Mission for State and Local Police
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