Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department issued the following announcement on July 23.
As a lifelong Charlotte resident, Deputy Chief Sherie Pearsall has spent her career assuring the culture and work of CMPD meets the needs of the community it serves.
The Greenville community she grew up in was so proud to see one of their own become a CMPD officer that they bought a young Pearsall her first police vest. Her roots in Charlotte have only grown deeper as she raised a son here and now has grandchildren in Charlotte.
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