NEW CITY – Rockland County District Attorney Thomas Walsh has appointed Deirdre Smith as the chief of detectives.
She served for 22 years with the Suffern Police Department, retiring as a sergeant. She started her law enforcement career in 1993 with the NYPD and spent five years with that department before joining the Suffern department.
In 2020, Smith retired from Suffern and joined the Rockland DA’s office as the first female confidential investigator in the DA’s office.
Smith comes from a family with a long history in law enforcement. Her father is a retired inspector from the NYPD and her sister has served with the FBI for 25 years.
