Pamela Smith begins role as first Black woman to permanently serve as D.C. police chief
By Ashleigh Fields, AFRO Assistant Editor, afields@afro.com Composed. Compassionate. Courageous. These are just a few of the adjectives used to describe D.C.’s new police chief, Pamela Smith. She is the second woman in this role and the first Black woman to permanently run the force since its founding in 1861. D.C. Council swore Smith in