PERSON: Danielle Outlaw

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Deputy Chief Security Officer

Danielle Outlaw (née Bowman; born September 1976) is an American former law enforcement officer. She served as commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department in Philadelphia from 2020 to 2023, chief of police of the Portland Police Bureau in Oregon from 2017 to 2019, and deputy chief of the Oakland Police Department in California form 2013 to 2017.

Outlaw’s father and mother worked with the California Department of Transportation and AT&T. She attended the Holy Names High School in Oakland, California. She did not have a good perception of the Oakland police during her childhood. In high school, Outlaw visited the Oakland Police Department as part of a career exploration program, where she had the opportunity to patrol with officers. This caused her to change her perception of the police, and find out that many of those in the police force were just like her.

Outlaw graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Arts in sociology, followed by a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. She entered the Pepperdine Grazio Business School to differentiate herself from people in her field. In addition, Chief Outlaw was the recipient of the Oakland Black Officers’ Association Trailblazer Award, the Holy Names High School Alumnae Association Citation for Service and the 2015 Police Executive Research Forum, which also known as PERF, Gary P. Hayes Award.

While a student at the University of San Francisco, Outlaw participated in the 1996 Wheel of Fortune College Championship. Outlaw won one game (including the bonus round), and advanced to the finals, ultimately falling short of the championship. However, Outlaw still won more than $40,000 in cash and prizes.

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