About Val
Val Butler Demings is a former U.S. Representative from Florida's 10th district (2017–2023) and former Chief of the Orlando Police Department (2007–2011), where she was the first woman to hold the position. She had a 27-year law enforcement career, oversaw a 40% reduction in violent crime as chief, and was selected as a House impeachment manager during President Trump's first Senate trial. She ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in Florida in 2022.
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Politician / Diplomat
Known for
- serving as U.S. Representative from Florida's 10th congressional district
- first female Chief of the Orlando Police Department
- House impeachment manager in Trump's first impeachment trial
- consideration as potential running mate to President Joe Biden in 2020
- 2022 Senate campaign in Florida
- law enforcement career spanning 27 years
- reducing violent crime by 40% as police chief
- politician
- former police officer
- former police chief
- social worker
- commentator
- speaker
- public safety
- civil rights
- rule of law
- gun violence prevention
- law enforcement
- American Dream
- constitutional accountability
- Government and Politics
- Public Service
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