In this episode of the Guardian Mindset Podcast, Host Attorney Eric Daigle sits down with Chief Donna McNamara of the Stoughton Police Department, Massachusetts. They discuss her extensive career, leadership philosophy, and the evolution of mentorship in law enforcement.
Chief Donna McNamara began her criminal justice career in 1996 with the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office as a Deputy Sheriff/ Corrections Officer in the County House of Correction. McNamara was hired by the Stoughton Police Department in 2001 as a Police Officer. She has served in various positions within the organization including Detective, Patrol Sergeant and Lieutenant before her appointment to Interim Chief. Chief McNamara was appointed in 2017 as the permanent Chief of Police for the Stoughton Police Department, a Massachusetts Accredited Police Agency.
Chief McNamara earned a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Curry College. She also received a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Westfield State University.
Chief McNamara was the recipient of the FBI-LEEDA Trilogy Award in 2014. She has continued to pursue extensive professional development by attending the Police Executive Research Reform (PERF) Senior Management Institute Session 65.
She has attended the Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Women and Power: Leadership in a New World, as well as the International Association of Chiefs of Police Women’s Leadership Institute and the New England Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar.
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