Brenda Tate
Brenda Tate is a retired Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Detective, she served in the field of Law Enforcement for a total 40 years. She was a Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Officer for the past 35 years and a Housing Authority Police Officer for five years prior to that, having been one of the first female officers to serve in that capacity. During her career she has distinguished herself as one of the first African American Women assigned to foot patrol with the City of Pittsburgh Housing Authority Police Department. As a Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Detective, she served in the Sex Assault Unit, Witness Protection Unit, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Pittsburgh Initiative to Reduce Crime (PIRC) Unit. She has also provided protective services for three Presidents (BIll Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama) and other high-level Government officials, Kings, Queens, and dignitaries from both the United States and abroad. In addition, she has served her community as a Community Activist and in leadership positions with Boy Scouts of America Troop #59 and ScoutReach Urban Scouting, Centre Avenue Thelma Lovette YMCA Board, Hill House Board, Ebenezer Development Corporation, Lower Hill Working Group, Urban Pathway Charter School Board, Hill District CDC Board, PITT CEC Committee, Traveler’s Aid Board, and New Dawn Ministry “Winner In You” Program, instructing young girls in Etiquette and Youth Mentorship Programs.
She is a member of numerous organizations including a paid in full Lifetime member of the NAACP and the Urban League. She is a Pennsylvania State Addiction Counselor and an Internationally Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Brenda Tate is the mother of two sons, James E. Tate, Jr. and Demetrius J. Tate, and a proud grandmother. She has been a member in good standing of Ebenezer Baptist Church since 1988, where she is involved in the Women’s Mission Ministry Senior Usher Board. She has performed missionary duty in Africa and Eastern and Western Europe.
