Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
When LA County Sheriff Lee Baca announced his retirement yesterday, he suggested two Assistant Sheriffs he thought would make good replacements for him.
One is a woman, Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald, unusual because there are very few female leaders in law enforcement. In fact, out of 3,081 sheriffs in the U.S., only 40 are women. That's about .01 percent.
For more on why there aren't more women in law enforcement leadership, we're joined now by Chief Penny Harrington, who was the first female chief of the Portland Police Bureau, and the first female to head a major police department in the United States.