# ⚖️ Black Women In Law Enforcement 👮🏾‍♀️ Ratione Juris 📃 By Principle Of Ones Right [Aretha Franklin ~ RESPECT](https://odysee.com/@MusicaDelRecuerdo:6/Aretha-Franklin-Respect:a) FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, FEATURING AT THE START FOR A COUPLE WEEKS, HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF TOP BLACK WOMEN OFFICERS. [![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630425076/6c934b51-12c6-438a-90d0-17d53cc8c280.png align="center")](https://cops.usdoj.gov/html/dispatch/03-2022/five_field_voices.html) **Showcasing Below Nine Top Black Women Cops** **NYPD Police Commissioner, Keechant Sewell** [https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/us/keechant-sewell-nyc-first-female-police-commissioner/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/14/us/keechant-sewell-nyc-first-female-police-commissioner/index.html) **Capt Sonia Pruitt** [https://www.blackenterprise.com/montgomerys-first-black-female-police-captain-will-teach-race-in-policing-through-new-experience/#:~:text=Retired%20Montgomery%20County%20Police%20Captain%20Sonia%20Pruitt%20made,officers%20about%20the%20history%20of%20racism%20in%20policing](https://www.blackenterprise.com/montgomerys-first-black-female-police-captain-will-teach-race-in-policing-through-new-experience/#:~:text=Retired%20Montgomery%20County%20Police%20Captain%20Sonia%20Pruitt%20made,officers%20about%20the%20history%20of%20racism%20in%20policing). **Captain Treone Larvadain** [https://www.blackenterprise.com/louisiana-governor-appoints-first-black-female-police-captain-in-state-history/](https://www.blackenterprise.com/louisiana-governor-appoints-first-black-female-police-captain-in-state-history/) **Captain Lillie Miller** [https://www.kcci.com/article/lillie-miller-becomes-first-black-female-captain-in-des-moines-police-department/33397640](https://www.kcci.com/article/lillie-miller-becomes-first-black-female-captain-in-des-moines-police-department/33397640) **Captain Patricia Helliger** [https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/new-haven-names-first-black-female-police-captain/](https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/new-haven-names-first-black-female-police-captain/) **Acting Police Chief, Yogananda Pittman** [https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/us/new-uscp-chief-yogananda-pittman/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/us/new-uscp-chief-yogananda-pittman/index.html) **Captain Vashina Butler** [https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2011/06/24/oklahoma-city-promotes-first-black-female-police-captain/61154694007/](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2011/06/24/oklahoma-city-promotes-first-black-female-police-captain/61154694007/) **Captain Adrienne Walker** [https://www.wbtv.com/2021/07/28/gastonia-police-department-promotes-first-black-captain-latino-assistant-chief/#:~:text=The%20department%20announced%20its%20first%20Latina%20Assistant%20Police,to%20sergeant%20in%202013%20and%20captain%20in%202020](https://www.wbtv.com/2021/07/28/gastonia-police-department-promotes-first-black-captain-latino-assistant-chief/#:~:text=The%20department%20announced%20its%20first%20Latina%20Assistant%20Police,to%20sergeant%20in%202013%20and%20captain%20in%202020)[.](https://www.wbtv.com/2021/07/28/gastonia-police-department-promotes-first-black-captain-latino-assistant-chief/#:~:text=The%20department%20announced%20its%20first%20Latina%20Assistant%20Police,to%20sergeant%20in%202013%20and%20captain%20in%202020.) **Captain Estelle Young** [https://www.wistv.com/video/2023/01/15/awareness-columbias-first-black-female-police-captain-reflects-working-with-mlk/](https://www.wistv.com/video/2023/01/15/awareness-columbias-first-black-female-police-captain-reflects-working-with-mlk/) **Do YOU Personally Know A Black Woman In Law Enforcement?** **Sign,** **Lhisa Mrklon** ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630168381/ed4f5636-b9ed-41f7-9c15-8cf02b605e3e.jpeg align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630209508/e7fbe103-41e9-4679-9958-c8ae16287068.jpeg align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630232048/7acc5b63-ecd6-4b70-8d97-cc8f7c6ae076.png align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630254275/d323b3c2-95b5-407d-a361-068db6e768af.jpeg align="center") ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1677630284312/03c687db-6092-49d0-84d0-dfe005919cb4.jpeg align="center") 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