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BY DOUG RUTTER
"I think anybody can handle any situation at any
time if they put their mind to it. But if you put negative
thoughts in their head, they're going to think negative."
That's the attitude of Anna Redmond?a wife and
mother of two who happens to serve the Town of Sunset
Beach as a police officer.
A 33-year-old native of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the
female patrolman is a graduate of Arlington High School
and has roots in a large Italian family with 14 brothers
and sisters.
Following her first marriage and a stint as owner of
an Italian restaurant, Mrs. Redmond went to work for
Atlantic Design Company, a subsidiary of IBM in upstate
New York. She was later transferred to Charlotte where
she helped establish a computer and electronics
manufacturing plant and train approximately 200
employees.
After nearly eight years in that field, she taught electronics
and new industry training for one year at
Alamance College before moving to Brunswick County
about four years ago. She lives in the Shallotte area with
her husband of the past seven years, James M. Redmond.
Approximately two years ago, she entered the field of
law enforcement. Sponsored by the Town of Sunset
Beach, she was trained at Cape Fear Technical College in
Wilmington and started as a part-time, auxiliary officer
ror ine town.
Following the retirement of Joe O'Brien Jr. from the
Sunset Beach Police Department last February, she was
promoted to full-time status as a patrol officer.
One of five department members, Mrs. Redmond
said she is called on to wear many hats as a police officer
at Sunset Beach. Her duties range from investigations
and assisting rescue efforts to helping tourists and directing
traffic across the town's one-lane, pontoon bridge.
She explains her duties in these simple terms: "If
something happens, you just need to handle it, no matter
what it is."
As the only female in the department and the only
female municipal officer in the South Brunswick Islands,
Mrs. Redmond said handling various situations have not
presented problems so far.
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"You have some people that find it difficult to work
with females, but they get used to it eventually," she
said. "In law enforcement, you just have to prove
yourself, whether you're male or female."
Mrs. Redmond noted that her husband had some
trouble adjusting to her occupation at first. "He just
wishes that I could be home more than I am," she said.
"If he had his way, I would be working a nine-to-five."
However, she has no plans of leaving the force of law
enforcement anytime soon and encourages other females
to enter the field. "It's got it's ups and downs, but overall
I enjoy it because it's always something different," she
said. "Right now, I couldn't see me being in anything
else."
Despite the number of siblings, she is the only
member of her family in law enforcement. "Most of my
brothers and sisters work for IBM or do their own
thing?own their own business," she said.
"It's just something I always wanted to do." she said
of law enforcement. "I just enjoy working with people,
and it's not the same thing every day. You get a variety."
Although she admits that police work at Sunset
Beach, especially during the winter months, can be boring,
Mrs. Redmond said police officers must always be on
their toes.
"All police work is dangerous at one time or
another," she said. "We take every call seriously
because the day you get slack is the day you're going to
get killed."
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