"By day, Olufunmilola Obe commands the NYPD's Transportation Bureau as a three-star chief. By night, and in the precious hours between shifts, she was buried in casebooks and legal briefs, chasing a second calling. After four years of night school, Obe achieved what she once only imagined: passing the bar exam while still on the job, proving that even at the highest levels of policing, ambition doesn't stand still."
"My foundation, everything that I knew was just really based on Nigerian culture, Obe said. I came in March of 1989, right away, I was welcomed by snow. It was really an adjustment, since you have sunshine all year, for the most part, maybe some rain, but I had never really experienced cold like this. I think that was one thing that really shook me."
Olufunmilola Obe was born in the United States and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. She moved to New York in 1989 at age 19 and enrolled at City College while working at JCPenney. She joined the NYPD cadet program to help pay for college and began a career in policing. She now commands the NYPD Transportation Bureau as a three-star chief, overseeing ticketing, moving and parking violations, traffic congestion, and efforts to prevent deadly traffic collisions. She attended four years of night law school and passed the bar while remaining on the job, demonstrating sustained ambition and multifaceted public service.
Read at www.amny.com
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