Mary Shanley

American police officer in New York City Date Of Birth : 1896-03-14T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1989-07-03T00:00:00Z

Mary Agnes Shanley (March 14, 1896 – July 3, 1989) was an American police officer and detective in the New York Police Department. She joined the department in 1931 and by 1939 was the fourth woman to achieve the rank of first-grade detective in the NYPD. She is credited with over a thousand arrests during her career. She was perhaps the first policewoman in New York City to use her gun in the arrest of a suspect.

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