Pennie Gillette-Stroud, Deputy Director
Pennie Gillette-Stroud, Deputy Director
Pennie Gillette-Stroud became the first female to rise to the second highest position at the Arizona Department of Public Safety when she was promoted to deputy director in June 2008. The 2005 FBI National Academy graduate began her career with DPS as a cadet officer in November of 1980. She began to rise through the ranks at the agency following a promotion to sergeant in 1984 while gaining extensive supervisory experience in both patrol and criminal investigations. She promoted to commander in 2004, and was assigned to a key post within the Criminal Investigations Division. In March 2005, she was promoted to chief of the Agency Support Division and then chief of the Criminal Investigations Division in 2007. Gillette-Stroud, who received her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Police Science Administration from Northern Arizona University, has received numerous awards during her career, including three Director’s Unit Citation Awards at DPS.
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