Mrs. Duncan is qualified and motivated with skills developed over a 21 year career in law enforcement with 14 of those years in the executive leadership level.
Since 1989 she served as a police officer for the City of Mount Vernon and created and implemented a Bicycle Patrol Unit, served as patrol Sergeant with overlapping duties to Organized Crime/ Internal Affairs.
Mrs. Duncan was instrumental in creating the Citizen Police Academy. She created a physical fitness component for the Probationary Police Officer in-house training segment. She also restructured and enhanced the department’s firearms training program by transitioning from static line firing to reality-based training. In 2003 she started out as Sergeant and then as Lieutenant and Executive Officer of the Support Services Division which included the oversight and management of all records, budget development, resources procurement, zoning, evidence, prisoner processing, animal shelter management, taxi regulations and physical plant maintenance. Just prior to becoming Chief of Police Mrs. Duncan was Captain and Commanding Officer of the Special Operations Division which included the administration of Internal Affairs and Community Outreach.
Mrs. Duncan has a vested interest in the Delmarva Peninsula because her siblings reside in Berlin, Maryland and Dover, Delaware where Mrs. Duncan grew up. She spent her young adult years in Ocean City, Maryland and looks forward to returning to the area to raise her young family.
Graduating with honors from Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY, Mrs. Duncan obtained a Degree in Criminal Justice in 1988. In 1996 Mrs. Duncan graduated from Pace University School of Law in White Plains, NY with a Juris Doctorate.
"I am confident that with Chief Duncan, the Safe Streets Coalition, the Crime Task Force, the Neighborhood Associations, and the Safe Streets Legislative Package, we can continue to lower the crime rate and move forward together." Mayor Ireton said.
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