The Kentucky State Police post 1 in Mayfield has its first female commander.
Captain Janet Barnett succeeds Lieutenant Brent White who had been serving as acting head after previous commander Nathan Kent retired in August.
Barnett is a 15-year veteran of the KSP. She graduated from Murray State University in 1997 and from the Southern Police Institute in 2013.
Post 1 covers Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken and Trigg counties.