CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- Cary has a new police chief.
On Tuesday, town officials announced that Toni Dezmotis, 51, had taken on the position.
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She was acting as the interim police chief since December 2018, after former Police Chief Tony Godwin retired.
She was hired by the department in 1998 as a patrol officer.
She has spent more than two decades in different positions with the department including: Assistant police chief, professional standards commander, field operations officer and sniper on the SWAT team.
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"Because of the life and death nature of the job, and because of the need for positive, high-profile relationships with all aspects of the community, and because a city has nothing without safety, chief of police is the single most significant hire of a manager's career, and I believe that Toni Dezomits is the perfect match for the department, organization, and Cary as a whole," said Town Manager Sean R. Stegall. "She is a very, very impressive person who works hard and demonstrates our culture at every opportunity. She is on an amazing trajectory with limitless potential to influence people in a positive way."
She joins the growing list of female police chiefs in the Triangle. Durham, Raleigh, Morrisville and Fuquay-Varina all have female chiefs.