Danielle Outlaw
Danielle Outlaw (née Bowman; born September 1976) is an American law enforcement officer. She became Commissioner for the Philadelphia Police Department on February 10, 2020. She previously served as chief of police for the Portland Police Bureau, in Oregon. She was the first African American woman to head the bureau in Portland, and was appointed by mayor Ted Wheeler in 2017. Outlaw previously worked for the Oakland Police Department, where she served as deputy chief from 2013 until 2017. Early life and education Outlaw's father and mother worked with the California Department of Transportation and AT&T. She attended the Holy Names High School in Oakland, California. She did not have a good perception of the Oakland police during her childhood. In high school, Outlaw visited the Oakland Police Department as part of a career exploration program, where she had the opportunity to patrol with officers. This caused her to change her perception of the police, and find out that many of those in the police force were just like her. Outlaw graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, followed by a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. She entered the Pepperdine Grazio