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Chief Therese Rocco was the first female Assistant Police Chief in the nation. As head of missing persons, she located over 45,000 children and people during her career. Adults, abducted as children, share stories of how she saved their lives. She appeared before Senate, establishing national protocols for finding missing children that are still in place today. She experienced a tremendous amount of discrimination in her almost 50-year career in a primarily male-dominated field, being passed over for promotion for decades. Both high profile women and men in criminal justice speak about her character, struggles and drive, including Cyril Wecht, M.D., J.D., who she worked closely with during their careers. She gained a reputation as a top investigator for homicide cases serving as the only woman with forty men who were appointed to a homicide task force for one year to locate a serial killer. The female police that she mentored share their memories of her accomplishments and attribute their own achievements to her breaking the glass ceiling for them. At the end of her career she was blocked for an appointment as a US Marshal - the day before being sworn in. The US Congressman, who blocked this position, stated his reason was because she was a woman. The FBI agent, who performed her investigation for US Marshal, speaks to her qualifications for this position and this injustice. She dedicated her retirement to help establish and fund a nonprofit organization for children and single parents. Today she is still assisting the police to solve homicides and missing person cases, including a recent case in 2019. The documentary is based on her recent memoir: Therese Rocco