City will name first female police chief this afternoon
Kimberley Jacobs is a 33-year veteran of the Columbus Police Division
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By Doug Caruso
Kimberley Jacobs will be named the city’s new police chief today, police sources confirmed this morning.
Jacobs, 54, has been a police officer since 1979 and was promoted to deputy chief in 2009. She will be the first woman to hold the post of police chief in Columbus.
Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s office scheduled a 3 p.m. news conference in the City Council chamber at City Hall.
As a deputy chief, Jacobs oversaw the administrative subdivision, which handles budgeting, personnel and other issues. She also served as the division’s liaison to Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s and Safety Director Mitchell J. Brown’s offices.
In 2010, Jacobs was the architect of a redistricting plan that was designed to place officers where they were most needed.
It went into effect over the objection of the city’s police union in July of that year. In October, neighborhood leaders interviewed by The Dispatch said the changes had gone smoothly and, in some cases, helped address police-coverage issues.
“I have demonstrated the courage to make difficult and, at times, unwelcome, decisions that are necessary to advancing our organization and increasing our efficiency,” Jacobs wrote in her application letter.
Jacobs will take the place of Police Chief Walter Distelzwieg, who retired this year. She was among four deputy chiefs who applied for the job.
Reporter Theodore Decker contributed to this story.
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