Wayne Parham

Ryan Droege and Spencer Barkoff co-founded Relay Payments in 2019 to automate payments in the transportation sector.

Fleet managers can now how more insight into recorded events through GM Envolve’s OnStar DualCam, which records both an interior and exterior view of events.

Sergeant Natalie Altizer was the first female officer appointed to the North Carolina agency’s Violent Criminal Apprehension Team, a unit that works with state and federal officers to arrest Greensboro’s worst criminals.

Karla Altenbaumer got into law enforcement because she didn’t want to spend her career as an office worker. “I knew I didn’t want to sit behind a desk all day,” she says. “I knew I wanted to be out in the community helping people..."

“When my investigation skills and thorough approach result in a successful prosecution and incarceration of criminals, I felt a great sense of achievement because it brought a sense of justice and closure for the victims and their families.”

“I knew I wanted to be a police officer here in Frederick at a very young age. And I wouldn’t want any other job.”

Assistant Chief Rose J. Dell says the greatest challenge she faced was balancing the family responsibilities of raising children and the demanding work and lengthy shifts as a police officer.

This special section of POLICE is dedicated to all the women who are serving in law enforcement right now.

Typically, battery-electric police vehicles are mostly, at this point, used as administrative vehicles. What will it take for departments to deploy them as patrol units?