...Top-ranking woman expected to lead Detroit Police...

[Festivito]

Add morale to next chief's fix-it list Top-ranking woman expected to lead Detroit Police; department relations are top priority
http://www.detnews.com/2003/metro/0311/03/c01-314309.htm

Assistant Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, 46, the highest-ranking woman in the department's history and front-runner for the post, is expected to be named interim chief this afternoon, police officials said.

http://www.detnow.com/news/0311030801.html

... The former police chief resigned on Friday, two weeks after he was caught with an undeclared weapon in his luggage at Detroit Metro Airport.
... Jerry Oliver was hired approximately 21 months ago, which broke the 35 year tradition in which the police chief would be hired up from the ranks. Oliver came from Richmond,
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46-year-old Ella Bully-Cummings, assistant police chief, may be the first woman to head the department, in its 138 year history. She is a lawyer and has spent many years in the department. She actually left to do some law work, but she came back and ...

FESTIVITO SAYS:
The Six-o'clock news has it official, she's the chief. It's interim, but, the guess is that it will be permanent. Google gave me these links.