March 31, 2021
Celebrating women in law enforcement
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Flip for Features Submitted photos (Left) Mihaela Sfiroudis is a Francis Howell North graduate who has been in the St. Charles County Police Department’s Crime Lab for nearly two years. She is currently finishing up an intensive, specialized training program to become a Forensic DNA Analyst. She will be speaking at the virtual EmpowHER: A Women’s History Month Virtual Celebration. (Right) Jani Albright has been with the St. Charles County Police Department for 15 years and has held four different positions in that time. Albright will be speaking at the virtual EmpowHER: A Women’s History Month Virtual Celebration about the various positions she held within the St. Charles County Police Department and some obstacles she has had to overcome to get where she is today.
EmpowHER: A Women’s History Month Virtual Celebration highlights some of the women from the St. Charles County Police Department By Brett Auten Nationally, law enforcement was a hot topic of conversation last year and by the looks of things, will continue to be so in 2021. Wednesday will provide an opportunity to crack open and take a look at what this vital profession is like from a woman’s perspective. EmpowHER: A Women’s History Month Virtual Celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. on the St. Charles County Police Department’s Facebook and YouTube pages. Moderated by KMOV-TV’s Ashli Lincoln, this free event highlights the stories of some of the women from the St. Charles County Police Department. Forensic Scientist Cas-
sie Crabb, Patrol Officer and K-9 Handler Courtney Spiess, and Public Affairs and Cultural Liaison Val Joyner are among the speakers. Two additional speakers with local ties, Jani Albright and Mihaela Sfiroudis, are also featured guests. Albright, 40, is a St. Charles County native and attended Fort Zumwalt South, where a mural she designed and painted is still on display in the Science Hall. Albright has been with the SCCPD for 15 years and has held four different positions in that time. Albright became interested in Emergency Management back in 2012 when she stumbled across some doomsday prepper blogs on the Internet.
“While a lot of the doomsday prepper stuff can be really over the top, it was reading those blogs that made me stop and realize how unprepared my family was for a disaster and that is what started me on the path to Emergency Management,” she said. Albright will be speaking about the various positions she has held during her career with the department and the obstacles she has had to overcome to get where she is today. “I believe it is important to have women in law enforcement because they bring a different perspective to the job,” Albright said. See ‘WOMEN page 2
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