Nannette Hegerty
Nannette Hegerty | |
|---|---|
| Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Preceded by | Arthur L. Jones |
| Succeeded by | Edward A. Flynn |
Nannette Hegerty was Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department.
Early career[]
Hegerty first joined the police department in 1976. She later became the first female lieutenant and the first female captain in the department's history.[1] In 1994, Hegerty was appointed U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, again becoming the first woman to hold the position. She returned to the Milwaukee Police Department in 2002.
Chief[]
Hegerty became the first female Chief of the Milwaukee Police Department in 2003.[2] She remained in the position until 2007.
References[]
- ^ "Hegerty to retire". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
- ^ Maralyn A. Wellauer Lenius (2008). Milwaukee Police Department. Arcadia Publisher. pp. 125–126.
Categories:
- Milwaukee Police Department officers
- American municipal police chiefs
- United States Marshals
- American women police officers
- Living people
- 21st-century American women