Superintendent Florastine Creed-Jacobson was the highest ranking African American woman in the history of the Boston Police Department at the time of her passing in 2005. Superintendent Creed attended and graduated from law school, she said it was not to practice as an attorney, but to make her a better law enforcement officer. She was promoted to the Command Staff in 1994 as a Deputy Superintendent and then promoted to Superintendent in 1998. She was a strong leader whose sense of professionalism, fairness and sense of humor left an indelible mark on all who were fortunate to work with her and on the Boston Police Department.
