In 1973- Lelia Smith Foley becomes the first African American woman to be elected mayor of a U.S. city (Taft, OK)
To Inspire You
You can train the hand, but you've got to hire the heart. If you hire people with good character and respect for the community, I think you can give them the skills to be a police officer, and part of that process is painstakingly going through backgrounds and social media footprints, all those things to make sure you get the right people.
