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Warfield takes oath as DPS commissioner
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Posted on Nov 21 2006
Attorney Rebecca Warfield was sworn in yesterday as commissioner of the Department of Public Safety. She is the first woman to assume the DPS commissioner’s position in the CNMI.
Associate Justice Alexandro Castro administered the oath for Warfield in the CNMI Supreme Court.
Warfield’s husband, Chief Prosecutor Jeffery Warfield Sr., and their two children witnessed the ceremony, along with key DPS officials, rank and file, and civilian personnel.
In her brief speech, Warfield said her focus is for DPS to get the respect and consideration that it deserves in the community.
“I want your premium payment. I want your salary increased. I want all of you trained. I want when you step out of your vehicle and you put this uniform on in the morning I want you to become confident. I want you to be secure. I don’t want any insecurity anywhere in your mind about anything about your capabilities, about what you can expect when you come to work. Those are my commitment,” she said.
The commissioner said she sees a lot of hardworking and committed men and women in the department.
She said DPS personnel are in their jobs not for themselves or for the money.
“ I know that you do it because you love the Commonwealth. I know you do it because you love your family. And that’s why I’m doing it because I love the Commonwealth and I love my family,” Warfield said.
Warfield obtained a juris doctorate in 1998 at Tulane Law School in New Orleans. She attended school at the University of Lancaster, England in January to June 1991. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1993.
Before coming to the CNMI, Warfield served as assistant public defender at the Nashville Metropolitan Office of the Public Defender from 2001 to 2004.
In November 1999 to April 2001, she served as attorney at law in Nashville, Tennessee, as a solo practitioner.
In May 1988 to June 1999, she was the assistant attorney general at Tennessee State Attorney General.
