At Skokie’s Nov. 6 Village Board meeting, the audience applauded Denise Franklin as she was sworn in as Deputy Chief of Police. The 20-year police veteran broke the glass ceiling to become Skokie’s first female commander, as well as the first woman of color, almost two years ago, and she did so again on Nov. 6 when she became the village’s first female and Black deputy chief. “My parents ...