Cathy Lanier
| Cathy L. Lanier | |
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Lanier in August 2007
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| Born |
July 22, 1967 Tuxedo, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of the District of Columbia |
| Police career | |
| Current status | Retired |
| Department |
 Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia
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| Country |
 United States of America |
| Allegiance |
 District of Columbia
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| Years of service | 1990–2016 |
| Rank |
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| Other work | NFL Head of Security |
Cathy Lynn Lanier (born July 22, 1967) was the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). Lanier was appointed by Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in January 2007, replacing outgoing Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. She is the first woman to achieve the position. In May 2012, Mayor Vincent C. Gray agreed to retain Lanier as police chief under a new five-year contract. On August 16, 2016, it was announced that Lanier would retire from the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia in September 2016 to become Senior Vice President of Security for the National Football League. Her last day as Police Chief was September 15, 2016.
Lanier was raised in suburban Tuxedo, Maryland, on the northeast edge of the District of Columbia in Prince George's County, Maryland.
Lanier dropped out of junior high school after the ninth grade, and became a mother at the age of 15.
She has both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in management from Johns Hopkins University and holds a Master of Arts in national security studies from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California; her thesis was Preventing Terror Attacks in the Homeland: A New Mission for State and Local Police. She attended an executive education program at Harvard Kennedy School. She also performed part of her undergraduate studies at Prince George's Community College, and the University of the District of Columbia - where she also received her GED.
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