Project PEACE
Assistant Chief McAlpine has been employed by the Tacoma Police Department for 30 years. She joined TPD in 1986 during which time she has promoted through the ranks serving in every classification. In 2012 she was appointed to Assistant Chief in the Investigations Bureau overseeing Criminal Investigations, Special Investigations (Narcotics and Prostitution) and Forensics. In 2015, she transferred to the Administrative Services Bureau where she oversees Training, Hiring, Internal Affairs, Crime Analysis, Public Information, Finance, Quartermaster and the Range.
Assistant Chief McAlpine is part of the Tacoma Police Department’s Executive Team for the Project P.E.A.C.E. (Partnering Equitably and Community Engagement) and applied strategies under the President’s 21st Century Policing Task Force.
She holds a Master of Science Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Columbia College and a Bachelor of Science in Workforce Education and Development from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Assistant Chief McAlpine is a graduate of the Northwestern University Center of Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command and IACP Leadership in Police Organization.