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Sarasota News Leader October 12, 2012 Page 43 ken through that glass ceiling; Tonya Vincent wants to do so as well. "I have always had aspirations to be a police chief," Vincent said. She's certainly prepared for it. Her 23-year ca- reer is little short of meteoric. She spent 22 years with the Arlington County, VA, Police Department, rising from the midnight patrol beat to patrol commander in 13 years. She then ran the human resources office for the department and moved on to lead the infor- mation technology office. The department is responsible for the southern border of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Gregory and Dawn Anderson a planned retirement program for government employees. She owns property near Marco Island and has family across southwest Florida. She has held every type of police job, from patrol officer to detective to SWAT team commander. DePino drives a Mercedes Benz 350, and she has never worked with a civilian review panel. At 48, she is the second-youngest applicant and she is not a veteran. CEILING BREAKER Women police officers are uncommon, and female chiefs are a rarity. DePino has bro- Mark and Bonnie Teunis