Kristen ZimanFrom Kristen ZimanWomen in Law EnforcementCompetency Trumps GenderIt wasn't until I became the first female to reach the rank of lieutenant and subsequently commander in my organization that gender became the focus. The media and the public were trying to shine a light on what I had spent so many years successfully deflecting and it was making me extremely uncomfortable.March 13, 2012Page 1 of 1