by Samantha Hearn, Brentwood Home Page
Earlier this year the Brentwood Police Department staffed its first ever female detective, Lori Russ.
Russ has been with Brentwood Police for the past 11 years, having spent more than 10 years prior to that with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Department. She’s been a field training officer, a crime scene technician, a crisis negotiator, a domestic violence instructor and a bike patrol member, and in February Russ added detective to her resume.
“It’s definitely been a learning curve after spending 15, 16 years in patrol,” she said. “Some cases are similar to what I’d deal with while I was on the streets, but some cases require a lot more digging and investigation. Before, I didn’t really have to ask for much help on things because I had been doing it for so long. Now, that’s been a little bit of a challenge to know when I need to ask for help on something.”
