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Pamela Smith named chief of U.S. Park Police
Tom Jackman, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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Pamela A. Smith is the first African American woman to lead the Park Police in the agency s 230-year history.National Park Service.
Pamela Smith, a longtime commander of the U.S. Park Police, was named the permanent chief Thursday by the National Park Service and said she would immediately move to implement body-worn cameras for a department that has no cameras in its cars or on its officers.
Smith, 53, replaces former chief Robert MacLean, who was promoted in August 2019 to head the to the Interior Department s Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The acting chief job was then assumed by Maj. Gregory Monahan, who will return to his post as assistant chief when Smith takes the chief s position Sunday.