Mayor Kasim Reed has announced Deputy Chief Erika Shields will be the second woman in the city’s history to lead the Atlanta Police Department.
In 1994, Beverly Harvard was named the first black woman in the position. Shields said at a press conference Thursday, “not to slight other cities,” but Atlanta has always had a higher standard.
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