The 'I Am Woman' Series: Charlene Diggs, Beckley Police Department

This West Virginia Town Just Welcomed Its First Black Female Cop 

By Zahara Hill

Out of the 53 officers in the Beckley Police Department in West Virginia, Patrolman Charlene Diggs is the only black woman ― and the first to serve in the town’s history. 

Diggs, who is 25 years old, graduated from the State Police Officer training academy in 2016. She told The Register Herald that she always wanted to work within law enforcement in an interview published online Sunday. 

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Source: The Huffington Post