former Director Freddy Ramirez attempted suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKaren Hensel: “I’m sure that’s not how you wanted to become chief.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interim Director Stephanie Daniels: “I knew I wanted to be in a high-ranking position within the department, but I’d never thought I would be the interim director.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen Hensel: “As a mom, what did you miss out on?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Harvette Smith: “For my family, Sundays are a big thing. Everyone is at my mom’s house, and I always remember my daughter saying, ‘Mom, you’re never there. Everyone else’s mom is there. You’re not there.'”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interim Director Stephanie Daniels: “Holidays, games, graduations.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Cherise Gause: “These positions come at a cost and that sacrifice. Sometimes it’s the family.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen Hensel: “How do you guys make sure, when you walk in the door, that you’re Mom and you’re not chief?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interim Director Stephanie Daniels: “When we walk in that door, it is definitely – it’s us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Cherise Gause: “I head right to the kitchen, and I’ll start things, and I’ll run upstairs and change. That’s a part of balancing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each of them have made painful sacrifices, but it’s all part of the change they want to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Harvette Smith: “We’re faced with doing law enforcement differently. The culture has changed.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Cherise Gause: “I want to make sure that my son, who is a Black male, or my brother can go out comfortably into the community and not have a fear of police.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen Hensel: “You’re all Black, you’re all women, you’re all chiefs. What does that mean to you personally, but also to your profession?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interim Director Stephanie Daniels: “No matter where you come from, what you got going on today, doesn’t have to be your reality 20 years from now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Cherise Gause: “It’s not always easy, but I think it sends a message of hope that you, too, can achieve these levels of leadership.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chief Harvette Smith: “It lets the little girls, Black and brown like us, know that you can achieve anything. The sky’s the limit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And all three women are proof of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karen Hensel, 7News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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