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Sheilah Coley, left, chief of the Newark Police Department, is congratulated by Newark City Council member Mildred Crump after Coley was officially presented as the first female police chief in the history of the department, Tuesday, Aug. 9, in Newark, N.J.

Newark, N.J. appoints first African-American female police chief

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is the world going mad

    Reply#1 - Tue Aug 9, 2011 3:43 PM EDT
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