14 Facts About Kathleen O'Toole

Kathleen M O'Toole is an American law enforcement officer who served as Chief of the Seattle Police Department from June 23,2014, to January 4,2018.

Kathleen O'Toole was previously the first female commissioner of the Boston Police Department, when appointed by Mayor of Boston Thomas M Menino in February 2004.

On May 9,2006, her 52nd birthday, O'Toole officially announced that she was leaving the Boston Police Department to move to Ireland.

Kathleen O'Toole was the first Chief Inspector of the Garda Inspectorate, established to ensure that Garda Siochana operates effectively and efficiently.

Kathleen O'Toole then returned to the US and took her position in Seattle.

Kathleen O'Toole sits on the bipartisan advisory board of States United Democracy Center.

Kathleen O'Toole was born in 1954 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and moved to Marblehead at age 13 and to Boston, Massachusetts, at age 18.

Kathleen O'Toole resided in Boston from that time until she took a position in Ireland in 2006.

Kathleen O'Toole earned a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College in 1976, a Juris Doctor from New England School of Law in 1982, and a PhD from the Business School of Trinity College Dublin in 2018.

Kathleen O'Toole began her career in 1979 as a Boston police officer.

Kathleen O'Toole then served as Lieutenant Colonel of Massachusetts State Police from 1992 to 1994.

Kathleen O'Toole was then appointed to the Patten Commission headed by Lord Patten of Barnes which reformed policing in Northern Ireland and led to the formation of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Kathleen O'Toole served her full term of office and was asked to stay on until the new Chief Inspector could take up his position in July 2012.

Kathleen O'Toole is married to Daniel O'Toole, now a retired Boston police detective.