History is being made at a Massachusetts police department in the Merrimack Valley.
The Lowell Police Department named the first Latino captain and its first Black sergeant.
Nobrega is a 25-year veteran with the department and has lived in Lowell for more than four decades. She graduated from UMass Lowell with bachelor's and master's degrees. She's spent 24 years with the department and says she understands firsthand the struggles her community faces.
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