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‘Making change happen where she could’: First female Gainesville Police officer dies at 72

Former Gainesville Police officer Pat DeLong Theriault, pictured at left with Chief George Singleton (right) and Captain Bill Taylor (center) died Saturday, May 6 at 72. Theriault was the department's first female officer to graduate the police academy and be assigned to the patrol division. (Photo courtesy Gainesville Police Department)

05102023 THERIAULT 1.jpg — Former Gainesville Police officer Pat DeLong Theriault, pictured at left with Chief George Singleton (right) and Captain Bill Taylor (center) died Saturday, May 6 at 72. Theriault was the department's first female officer to graduate the police academy and be assigned to the patrol division. (Photo courtesy Gainesville Police Department)

Alice Patricia “Pat” DeLong Theriault, the first female police officer for the Gainesville Police Department died Saturday, May 6 at Atrium Health Navicent Medical Center in Macon.