Women have diverse roles in the Hillsborough County Sher-
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uties, a pilot, a motor deputy, a K9 deputy, the Major over
our Orient Road Jail and Chief Deputy Donna Lusczynski.
wore skirts as their uniform.
that to anybody, and I knew there were some that didn’t like
that, but never, particularly in patrol.”
“But, I know that there are other females, though, that
have experienced it, at the same time, some people I went to
the academy with, they got on a different squad that wasn’t
quite as accepting.”
Chief Deputy Lusczynski has found herself in some situations
that would terrify most of us. We had to ask what we
suspect every woman wonders: How scary is it, being a fe-
“If anybody ever told you that they weren’t scared at
some point in their career, they would be untruthful. Because
there are situations that you get in…I think...” She considered
her words carefully. “Females seem to be able to talk people
out of stuff more. A lot of times the guys will ‘Put your hands
because it’s a man, where we may talk them to death. You
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hind their back, so you know I think sometimes we are more
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