Deputy Chief Gittins Receives Del Ray Business Association STAR Award

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- Del Ray Business Association President Bill Blackburn and DRBA Board Member Gayle Reuter presented the business association's 2016 STAR Award in the public service category to Alexandria Police Deputy Chief Dianne Gittins at the association's January meeting.

Gittins, who serves as the police department's liaison to the Del Ray community, has been with the Alexandria Police Department since 1989; in 2014, she was the first woman to reach the rank of Deputy Chief.

"The Del Ray community is so thankful for the great relationship we have with the Alexandria Police Department and appreciate the tremendous resource Deputy Chief Gittins provides to our community," said Reuter.