Obituaries
Baltimore County Police Mourns First African American Female Officer
The first African-American woman officer in the Baltimore County Police Department has died.
BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — Baltimore County Police is offering its condolences and gratitude to the family of the first African-American female officer in the department, Karen Anderson Shelton, who has died. Anderson-Shelton joined the department in April 1975, graduating from the police academy as a member of the 49th Recruit Class and was on the Central Traffic Unit by August 1975.
Credit: Baltimore County Police
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She moved to an investigative unit in January 1976, then to the Towson precinct a year later. After transferring to the Employment Unit in 1979 she finally settled into a position as an instructor at the Baltimore County Police Training Academy in 1980.
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Credit: Baltimore County Police