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Indian-Origin Cop Is Highest-Ranking South Asian Woman In New York
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Indian-Origin Cop Is Highest-Ranking South Asian Woman In New York

[ad_1] She runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens.New York: Captain Pratima Bhullar Maldonado, an Indian-origin police officer has become the highest-ranking South Asian woman in the New York Police Department, a position she was promoted to recently.She runs the 102nd Police Precinct in South Richmond Hill, Queens. She was promoted to the rank of Captain last month, CBS News reported on Monday.The mother of four was born in Punjab and lived there until she was 9 before moving to Queens in New York."It feels like coming home. I spent more than 25 years of my life in this precinct when I was growing up," Ms Maldonado said.South Richmond Hill is home to one of the largest Sikh communities in the country."Going to the same Gurdwara that I did as a child, and now as a ...