A Los Angeles Police Department station was renamed as the Margaret 'Peggy' York Northeast Station in honor of the department's first female deputy chief.
A Los Angeles Police Department station was renamed in honor of Margaret "Peggy" York, the agency's first female deputy chief.The Los Angeles Police Department's Northeast community police station is now named after the late Margaret "Peggy" York, the first woman to hold the rank of Deputy Chief in the department.
York's husband, retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito, family members, city officials and many others joined for the ceremony in her honor. Over the course of York's 35 years spent advancing through the department, her daughter said she spent her most formidable years in the northeast area, so having the station is especially meaningful.
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