Local Sergeant Becomes First Woman to Serve as Chief of Police in Beaver County

Local sergeant becomes first woman to serve as chief of police in Beaver County

A local woman has made community history.

Rochester Borough Police Department Sergeant Dawn K. Shane promoted to become Beaver County's first ever female police chief - Beaver County Radio

(Photo Courtesy of the Rochester Borough Police Department, Posed on Facebook on December 11th, 2025) Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Rochester, PA) The Rochester Borough Police Department shared on Facebook yesterday that Sergeant Dawn K. Shane had been promoted to the chief of that department and she had been in the new role since September 15th, 2025. That makes Shane the first woman ever to serve as police chief in the history of pol…