LOCAL · GA · 1994-2002
Beverly Harvard
Atlanta PD Commissioner / Chief · Georgia
On the record
First Black woman chief of major US PD
Background
Beverly Harvard occupied the Atlanta PD Commissioner / Chief of Atlanta office in Georgia for 8 years (1994–2002). Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Richard Pennington. Note: First Black woman chief of major US PD. Same-year political environment (1994): Governor Zell Miller.
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Others who held this office in Georgia
- Darin Schierbaum (2022-present)
- Rodney Bryant (2020-2022)
- Erika Shields (2016-2020)
- George Turner (2010-2016)
- Richard Pennington (2002-2010)