TATUM, N.M. (AP) - A small southeastern New Mexico town has its first female police chief.
The Hobbs News-Sun reports (https://goo.gl/T5HB6i) town councilors in Tatum voted last week to appoint Mae Jackson to lead its small police department.
Officials believe she also is Lea County’s first female police chief.
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The 30-year law enforcement veteran began her career as a dispatcher with the Cockrell Hill Police Department in Cockrell Hill, Texas. She later attended the academy and worked as a police officer. She then worked at the Dallas County Sheriff’s Department and Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
Jackson was born and raised in Lovington.
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Information from: Hobbs News-Sun, https://www.hobbsnews.com
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