SMYRNA, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee’s first female Assistant Chief of Police now has a permanent presence outside the Smyrna Justice Center.
Sally Walls, who died on July 4, 2020, was a longtime member of the Smyrna community. She was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University in 1979 and became the first woman to join the Smyrna Police Department the following year.
According to Smyrna officials, Walls was “instrumental in modernizing the Smyrna Police Department.”
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She did so by implementing a new records management system, launching a computer-aided dispatch and establishing hiring standards for public safety personnel.
During her time with the police force, Walls expanded the investigation unit to handle all types of crimes and even developed a structured field training program…