The Speaker

LaShannen (Shannen) Hogue is a Yonkers native where she attended Roosevelt High School, graduating in 2002 and receiving an athletic scholarship in basketball to the University of Delaware. While in Delaware, she played Division one basketball before returning home to New York due to a knee injury. Once back in New York, she attended and graduated from John Jay college of Criminal Justice where she obtained her BA in Forensic Psychology. In 2013, she began her employment with the Yonkers Police Department as a Police Officer, making every effort to build bridges between the communities she belongs to and Police personnel. She has and continues to volunteer and participate in programs which are aimed at connecting youth and Police Officers through relationship building. Shannen has participated in recruitment initiatives from the very start of her career. She has personally and as a member of the recruitment team recruited minority candidates in efforts to further diversify her department.

Shannen is a certified Field Training Officer and NYS Police Instructor. She works diligently with women, communities of color, and the LGBTQ+ community. She has served as the Yonkers Police Department Liaison to the Mayor’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Board since 2017. In 2017 Shannen organized hurricane Maria relief efforts, during which she focused in on communities of color in st. Croix and St. Thomas. Shannen is a member of The Yonkers Guardians Association where she has the pleasure of serving on the board as the Sergeant at Arms. In February of 2020 she Co-founded The Hogue Foundation, which is a non for profit 501c3 with the mission of providing behavioral, emotional, and academic support to marginalized students. This year Shannen completed her Masters Degree in Organizational and Institutional Psychology. Her ultimate goal is to aid in assessing and determining appropriate placement of police personnel within communities. Shannen’s favorite mantra is “Let’s Leave this place better than we found it”!--

The Workshop

Female Cops: Fighting For Respect in A Boys Club Culture : Thursday, September 30, 2021 03:00P

Police work is inherently stressful. However, this traditionally male-dominated field has created increased obstacles and stressors for female officers. And while all officers are exposed to stressors that are inherent to the job—such as violent crime, human suffering, and life and death decisions—many of the unique stressors that women face are due to the organizational stress associated with the policies and practices of the department, causing female officers to experience higher levels of stress than their male counterparts do. This stress is related to the gender bias, sexual harassment, and isolation that women commonly experience in the male-dominated field of law enforcement.

We must now ask what is the role of those in law enforcement to prevent sexual victimization, to ensure it is not perpetrated by their fellow officers, and to take every step possible to ensure the safety and dignity of everyone in the community?” This panel discussion will focus not only on the careers of women who have been trailblazers in what is traditionally considered a “male” occupation but will also examine this question through the lens of several female law enforcement officers, followed by a discussion on some of the key takeaways.