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Third District’s female leaders on display for Women’s History Month
■ BY ERIKA WURST
Strength; courage; a love of the job; dedication; perseverance and pride: These traits radiate from the strong, smiling faces of those women in the Chicago Police Department who were honored this month in the Third Dis- trict.
Commander Gloria Hanna-Gill knew that Women’s History Month could not pass without recognizing the accom- plishments of her female colleagues. Along with Third District Officer Wau- keesha Pickens, Hanna-Gill came up with the perfect way to highlight these women for all to see.
Hanging on a wall outside the roll call room, in a spot that is passed by every officer, is a large bulletin board that Pickens recently started decorating. In the past, it has featured officers’ ac- complishments and feats. One month, an officer who was running a marathon
