First woman named to head State Police

A career trooper who worked her way through the ranks and helped launch the state’s Amber Alert system to track abducted children was tapped yesterday to head the Massachusetts State Police, making her the first woman in the department’s 144-year history to hold the job. (Full article: 694 words)

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