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Dedicated to equity and justice
President
Danita Pettis has served with the Cincinnati Police Department for over 20 years. She is a Cincinnati native, a graduate of Walnut Hills Highschool and the University of Cincinnati.
Vice President
Sabreen Robinson has been a member of the Sentinel Police Association her entire career. She served the Executive Board for six years as the Secretary, a member of the banquet committee, and now as the Vice President.
Assistant Vice President
Nedra has served the City of Cincinnati for over 20 years. She has closed countless cases as an investigator all while raising her three sons.
Treasure
Toni Nash is an asset to the police department and the Sentinel Police Association. Her police career begin in district three, then five as a patrol officer, and she currently serves as a patrol officer in District Five
Sergeant At Arms
David Dozier has been an active Sentinel Member for his entire career. His key role has been Sergeant At Arms, which consists of keeping order at meetings. He has served with the police department for 18 years.
Assistant Sergeant At Arms
Darryl Tyus has served on the Police Department for 15 years and has been a Sentinel member his entire career.
Chaplin
Anthony has served the police department for 16 years and has been Sentinel Member his whole career.
Assistant Chaplin
Kevin L. Sorrells is a veteran officer who has served the public for over 25 years. He has been employed with the Cincinnati Police Department for the past seven years.
Secretary
Pat served in the Police Department for 18 years before retiring on October 2, 2021. She has been a Sentinel Member the entire time. She is a graduate of Amelia High School. She resided in Amelia and later Avondale.
Building Manager
Linda Sellers is a seasoned officer and investigator. She currently serves as a Sergeant. She is an advocate for women and justice. She also runs a creative Event Planner Company.
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The earliest record of an African-American on the force is contained in the Police Department’s Annual Report for 1872.
Learn MoreJan 01, 1884James Allen became the first African-American detective on the Cincinnati Police Department and worked in the area east of Broadway, between East Sixth and East Seventh Streets, known as “Buck Town.”
Learn MoreJun 19, 1886Richard A. Reed became known as one of the brightest detectives in the Cincinnati Police Department. He became a substitute patrolman on March 27, 1895.
Learn MoreMar 27, 1895Frank A. Hall, patrolman, court officer and detective, was born on April 1, 1870 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. A former waiter, he became a Substitute patrolman on June 15, 1897 and a patrolman August 10, 1898.
Learn MoreAug 10, 1898Charles P. Miles, one of Cincinnati’s first mounted patrolmen, was born May 24, 1876 in Marietta, Ohio. A messenger at the Hamilton County Circuit Court for five years, he became a substitute patrolman on January 13, 1905.
Learn MoreJan 13, 1905Olin C. Wilson, born April 29, 1892, in Woodville, Georgia, was the second Cincinnati African-American police killed in the line of duty.
Learn MoreMar 17, 1927John “Pop” Toney was born in Covington, Kentucky on September 19, 1893 and worked as an expressman and coal and iceman before becoming a substitute patrolman on August 3, 1925. He became a patrolman in 1926.
Learn MoreAug 03, 1925Lillian A. Grigsby, Policewoman Grigsby one of the first African-American female Cincinnati Police Officer. Policewoman Grigsby was appointed to the Cincinnati Police Department as a Recruit on September 1, 1947.
Learn MoreSep 01, 1947