SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The first woman to lead California’s highway patrol will retire Dec. 30, two years after she was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the first Black man …
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The first woman to lead California’s highway patrol will retire Dec. 30, two years after she was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to succeed the first Black man to head the agency.
The California Highway Patrol on Friday announced the retirement of Amanda Ray, 56, the Sacramento Bee reported. The CHP press release did not provide a reason or indicate if this was a planned retirement. Ray oversaw a law enforcement agency with more than 11,000 employees and an annual budget of nearly $3 billion. Like her predecessor, Warren Stanley, she is Black.
Ray started with the CHP in 1990 as a cadet, moving steadily up through the ranks. In a statement Friday, Newsom called Ray an inspiration to the next generation of CHP officers.
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