Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Bernadette DiPino Becomes Sarasota's First Female Police Chief

Sarasota welcomes its first-ever police chief today with the hiring of Ocean City (Md.) Police Chief Bernadette DiPino.
DiPino applied after opting to retire from the Ocean City Police Department through the department's Deferred Retirement Option, which is the same option Sarasota Police Chief Mikel Hollaway chose, scheduling his retirement for the end of October.
Here's her career in a snapshot from OceanCityToday.com:

A fourth-generation law enforcement officer, DiPino began her career with the Baltimore County Police Department in 1985. She moved to the OCPD in 1988, and advanced through the ranks to private first class in 1993, sergeant in 1995, lieutenant in 1998, and then to major and shortly thereafter chief of police in 2003.

Ocean City is Maryland's second largest city during the summer due to the influx of

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