BELOIT, Wis. — Family members typically pin badges on their regulation enforcement family members at promotional ceremonies. What made new Beloit Police Chief Schonella Stewart’s ceremony far more uncommon was that the badge was pinned by her twin sister — already a police chief herself, Evanston Now reported.
“You aren’t just making history, Schonella, you’re a survivor, you are history,” Evanston Police Chief Schenita Stewart stated. “You’re a leading heart, proving that leadership grounded in love, sacrifice and commitment can transform not only a community, but our family, and future generations.”
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Schonella Stewart spoke on the ceremony about how she initially took a distinct path from her sister earlier than ultimately following in her footsteps.
“My sister (Schenita) wanted to be a police officer,” Schonella Stewart stated. “I was a social worker. I believed that was my calling.”
Schonella, who holds a grasp’s diploma in social work, went on to say that she was impressed to enter regulation enforcement by a mentor who inspired her that her expertise with social work could be a profit to her policing profession.
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Schenita Stewart was sworn in as police chief in Evanston in 2022, in accordance with the report. She beforehand served within the Lincolnwood Police Department, rising to the position of deputy chief.
“Tonight, we celebrate not only an exceptional leader, but a great person, and my BFF,” Schenita stated on the ceremony.
Both sisters thanked their mom and in addition expressed gratitude towards their late grandfather.
“He would always smile at me and say, ‘Oh boy, I don’t think the world is ready for you,’” Schonella stated in ending her deal with. “I think the world is ready for me, papa. And if not, the community of Beloit, Wisconsin, is.”
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