'I have been in law enforcement for 25 years. I have been a Black woman my whole life'
By Lisa Fernandez
San Francisco Assistant Sheriff Tanzanika Carter was sworn in on Jan. 11, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO - Tanzanika Carter is the San Francisco Sheriff’s Office's new Assistant Sheriff, the third-highest ranked position in a 171-year-old department steeped in tradition.
Her mother and grandparents came to California from Arkansas during the Great Migration and her mother worked two jobs to support her daughter’s education at Holy Names High School in Oakland.
Carter was sad that her mom passed before she could see her daughter get sworn in January, to a workforce that is 19% Black.