For the first time ever, Houston will have a Hispanic woman as interim police chief

*The new interim police chief of the 4th largest city in the country is a Latina immigrant from Ecuador. VL

By Megan Flynn, Houston Press

On Thursday, Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that Executive Assistant Chief Martha Montalvo will take over as interim chief of the Houston Police Department when current chief Charles McClelland steps down at the end of this month.

Citing her 35 years of experience as a Houston police officer and the fact that she is already supervising 120 people and five divisions, Turner said that “it’s going to be very difficult to find anyone else who has the credentials that match Martha Montalvo.”

“She’s an excellent police officer — credentials galore,” Turner said. “That’s No. 1. She has come up the ranks over 35 years.”

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