In the early 1980s, Dorothy Cousins was the first woman in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department to serve as a staff inspector.
Dorothy Cousins was the first woman in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department to serve as a staff inspector.Dorothy Cousins was the first woman in the history of the PPD to serve as staff inspector.Dorothy Cousins was once the city's highest-ranking woman in the Philadelphia Police Department.
"In the early days, I didn't realize it, but as she started moving up the ladder, I did," said Patricia Cousins-Smith about her mother. In the early 1980s, she was the first woman in the history of the Philadelphia Police Department to serve as a staff inspector. Smith says she opened the door for other women to hold leadership roles, not just in the department, but also in the city.
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