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Many supervisors will be doing
things differently than they had before.
An advantage to that is everyone gets
a chance to learn something new and
to help others who are learning as well,
she said.
"I really, really believe in team effort
and working as a team," Hawkins said.
"Nobody's going to fail because we're
all going to support each other."
Lt. Gary Womble, a spokesman for
the department, said the changes are
exciting.
"She's breaking down so any walls
and so many barriers in the way things
are being done internally here," he said.
"Once we got over being terrified,
it's created a lot of excitement," said
Major Laura Downing, now Hawkins'
chief of staff. "You see people moving
and talking and getting excited about
their new assignments and learning
something new. It's interesting to see."
Downing said Hawkins has made
it clear that every member of the
department is a vital part of the team
and if a mistake is made, "you talk
about it and it's over and it's done and
we all learn and we all move on."
At a recent ceremony where 21
officers were promoted as part of the
recent reorganization, banners on
the stage proclaimed the department
values that Hawkins says are key: Faith.
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