(KGNS) - What happens after you make history?For Chief Doreen Hale, the answer is simple: you get to work.

In 2021, Hale became the first woman to serve as police chief of a law-enforcement agency in Laredo when she was sworn in as the chief of the Laredo Independent School District Police Department.

Nearly five years later, she's had time to settle into the badge, lead her department, navigate the evolving challenges of school safety and think about the kind of leader she wants to be.