Dr. Jacqueline Bailey-Davis makes history as Norristown Polices first woman leader [Video]

NORRISTOWN, Pa. – The Norristown Police Department has a new chief in town who has made her-story!

Dr. Jacqueline Bailey-Davis is not only Norristown’s newest police chief, but she is also the first woman to lead the department.

FOX 29’s Shaynah Ferreira sat down with the new chief to discuss her journey.

“I come from humble beginnings, I’m from Philadelphia, by way of South Philadelphia,” said Chief Dr. Jacqueline Bailey-Davis, Norristown Police Department.”I lived in the city’s largest, poorest, most isolated and arguably one of the most dangerous housing projects as it were… My family has a strong foundation on faith and that has helped me to persevere.”

She attended Leeds Middle School and Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Philadelphia and despite never thinking college was in the deck of cards for her, she eventually found herself as a student at the University of Cincinnati majoring in criminal justice.

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