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Detective Pamela Randolph recalls 14 years at Henderson PD, balancing family and traumatic casework
Summary
Detective Pamela Randolph, a 14-year Henderson Police Department veteran, describes joining the force from Mount Pleasant, Texas, the obstacles women face in policing, coping with traumatic calls, and her work investigating cybercrimes against children.
Pamela Randolph said she grew up in Mount Pleasant, Texas, and moved to Henderson because "Henderson PD was hiring." She has worked for the department for 14 years and is "currently" a detective, Randolph said, describing a career that began after she enrolled in a police academy shortly after finishing an associate degree.
Randolph said the academy and street work "hooked" her: the lights, sirens and uniform drew her to policing, and she described early resistance to women on patrol. "They were either bailiffs or ticket reader maids," she said, recounting how earlier generations of female officers were limited to administrative roles. Randolph said she had to "earn my…
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