''Police Women of Cincinnati'' is the fifth installment of
TLC
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Arts and entertainment Television
* ''TLC'' (TV series), a 2002 British situational comedy television series that aired on BBC2
* TLC (TV network), formerly the Learning Channel, an American cable TV network
** TLC (Asia), an A ...
's ''
Police Women''
reality documentary series, which follows four female members of the
Cincinnati Police Department
The Cincinnati Police Department is the primary law enforcement agency of Cincinnati, Ohio. The department has 1,057 sworn officers and 281 non-sworn employees.
History
When Cincinnati incorporated, as a village, in 1802, a ‘night watch†...
(CPD) in
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
.
Cast
* Sergeant Chantia "Tia" Miller - A veteran of both the
Iraq War
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and the Cincinnati Police, Chantia has been recently promoted to the rank of Sergeant; but once off her beat, she spends quality time with her husband Adrian, who is also a cop. In 2019, Chantia was promoted to the rank of Police Lieutenant
[Meet The Officers]
* Officer Colleen Deegan - One of the toughest and most-street-wise officers in the CPD and also an Iraq War Veteran, Colleen is one of a few women in the CPD's Central Vice Control Section, working undercover to target dangerous criminals and vice crimes such as drug dealers or prostitution.
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* Officer Mandy Curfiss - Cincinnati-native Mandy is an officer who's aggressive, outspoken, and relentless in her career of chasing down criminals. Mandy is a former victims' advocate in the Prosecutor's office.][
* Officer Rose Valentino - Rose works her beat during the late shift in the ]Over-the-Rhine
Over-the-Rhine (often abbreviated as OTR) is a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Historically, Over-the-Rhine has been a working-class neighborhood. It is among the largest, most intact urban historic districts in the United State ...
neighborhood. She is a Cincinnati native a single mother with two children.
Episodes
Controversy
Episode 4 of the show, airing on February 3, 2011, appeared to show Curfiss handcuffing and arresting an African American male who refused the officer entry into his home for an unwarranted search. Video footage of this incident taken from the episode was posted on numerous websites, calling for Curfiss's resignation. Two years after the airing of the episode, the present Chief of Police, James Craig, launched an investigation into the incident, which discovered that the scene was staged. All parties had agreed to stage the incident and there was no actual arrest made nor charges filed.