Jane Perlov is an American law enforcement official who served as Chief of the Raleigh, North Carolina Police Department

Raleigh Police Department (North Carolina)

The Raleigh Police Department is the municipal law enforcement agency of Raleigh, North Carolina.-Organization:The Raleigh Police Department is organized into five divisions:...

 from 2001 to 2007 and Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety from 1998 to 2001.

From 1981 to 1998 Perlov was a member of the New York City Police Department

New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department , established in 1845, is currently the largest municipal police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City...

. In 1994 she was promoted to Captain and put in charge of the NYPD's 20th Precinct. A year she was promoted to Inspector and moved to the 30th Precinct, located in Harlem

Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands...

. In 1997 she was promoted to Chief of Detectives in Queens

Queens

Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States....

, becoming the first woman to command an entire borough of detectives.