From crime victim to San Mateo police chief – Manheimer shares her story (VIDEO)
Susan Manheimer is now San Mateo’s first female chief of police, but she never considered police work until she and her daughter were victims of a 1982 robbery.
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From robbery victim to chief of police, a trailblazer fights crime in San Mateo
After protecting her 2-year-old daughter from a robbery in 1982, Susan Manheimer was motivated to become a police officer. She is now the first female police chief in San Mateo.