02/02/2021
First HCPD Black officer?✔️
First HCPD female officer?✔️
First HCPD Black female CHIEF?✔️
Each year during Black History Month, the police department commemorates HCPD employees who have paved the way to help open doors and increase opportunities for Black members. That trailblazing has never been more evident than in our first Black female Police Chief Lisa Myers. Chief Myers is pictured here with retired-Lt. Herman Charity and retired-Sgt. Leila Makowski Hajek, who each broke race and gender barriers in the late-1960s by joining the ranks of the Howard County Police Department. We owe them a debt of gratitude for fearlessly paving the way for generations of minorities and women to come.