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Remembering Maxine Boykin: A Trailblazer in Joliet Law Enforcement - The Times Weekly
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Remembering Maxine Boykin: A Trailblazer in Joliet Law Enforcement - The Times Weekly
The extraordinary story of Joliet Police Detective, Maxine Boykin, badge #401. Detective Boykin was the first Black female to join the Joliet Police Department in 1961. Upon the urging from a female local newspaper police beat reporter who realized that there were no African American females on the Joliet Police Department, Boykin applied and was eventually hired. She distinctly recalls spending her first four years of service working as a t…
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