(Kathleen) Hansen is one of eight female police chiefs in the state. Those departments are at UW-Madison, Whitewater, Chippewa Falls, Menomonee Falls, South Milwaukee, UW-Stout and Woodville, a village of 1,354 people with a four-person department in St. Croix County…The ranks of women in law enforcement continue to grow, according to Susan Riseling, hired as UW-Madison?s chief in 1991, but children can sometimes interrupt careers or prevent climbs to the upper levels of the profession. “It takes time but it also takes a unique family situation,” Riseling said. “That?s why (Hansen?s) story is so unique. Starting out (with six children) and climbing all the way to the top is pretty remarkable.”
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