Black History Month: Olufunmilola Obe’s journey from Nigerian schoolgirl to NYPD three-star chief and lawyer

Black History Month: Olufunmilola Obe’s journey from Nigerian schoolgirl to NYPD three-star chief and lawyer

By day, Olufunmilola Obe commands the NYPD’s Transportation Bureau as a three-star chief. By night, and in the precious hours between shifts, she was buried in casebooks and legal briefs, chasing a second calling. After four years of night school, Obe achieved what she once only imagined: passing the bar exam while still on the job, proving that even at the highest levels of policing, ambition doesn’t stand still. Chief Obe supervises the Transp…