Tammy Hooper, a deputy chief of police in Alexandria, Virginia, and a 26-year veteran of law enforcement is the new police chief in Asheville.
City officials announced to local media outlets that Hooper will start work on July 20. She is the city's first female police chief, and its third chief in four years. She replaces William Anderson, who resigned amid controversy last year.
A native of Concord, North Carolina, Hooper started in Alexandria as a patrol officer in 1989. She's held multiple positions there, serving as commander of the Vice Narcotics Division and later executing the Alexandria Police Department's Community Policing Plan.
Hooper was the first woman to serve as a captain at the Alexandria department, and she became Internal Investigations commander in 2007.
