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Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi w/Wendy Carpenter

Originally posted at 1:20 p.m. Thursday


Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review

Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wendy Carpenter, center, attended the groundbreaking of the new federal courthouse on Mineral Drive in Coeur d'Alene on Feb. 13, 2007.

DFO: Can you give us a brief rundown on your professional career?
Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wendy Carpenter: I was a field training officer and I've worked every aspect of patrol/investigations. I was the first female sergeant, lieutenant, captain and chief of police for the Coeur d'Alene Police Department. My career has lasted 30 years.
DFO: Is it hard for a woman to be a police officer? Police chief?
WC: No. The biggest difference is at the end of the day I go in the women's lockerroom and the men go in the men's lockerroom. I've never been treated differently by the public or others in the department.
DFO: Have you picked a retirement date?
WC: It's a floating date. However, I intend to be done by the end of September. It depends on when the next chief can start.

Complete interview here. Or you can read the rest in the extended entry section below.



Huckleberries Online

D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.