Margaret York, police officer who helped to inspire the detective series Cagney & Lacey – obituary
She shattered the status quo which confined policewomen mainly to desk jobs and went on to be the first female deputy head of the LAPD
Margaret York, who has died aged 80, became the first female deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police Department after a career in which, as one half of a female homicide investigation team, she inspired the popular 1980s television series Cagney & Lacey...