931st engineer first female officer in Texas town

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  • By Rodney Hays
  • Prosper Press
PROSPER, Texas --  Editor's Note: Tech. Sgt. Erin Hubbard is an electrical systems technician assigned to the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron. The following story about her new civilian job as the first female police officer in Prosper, Texas, is republished with permission from Prosper Press.

The Prosper Police Department has welcomed its 11th sworn police officer and its first female officer to the staff. Erin Hubbard, 31, started Oct. 1 for the department.

Hubbard is originally from Oklahoma. After high school, she joined the U.S. Air Force. She served on active duty for four years and has served another nine years in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Her job in the Air Force was initially in transportation. Now she works as a building electrician.

Hubbard completed approximately 834 hours at the regional police academy. She said her decision to enter law enforcement has been in the works for quite a while.

"I have family who are in law enforcement," Hubbard said. "And with my military training, it was just something I wanted to do. It was in me."

She couldn't nail down just one aspect that she loves about the job.

"There's not one best part," she said. "There's a lot of parts that make up the whole picture. It's community involvement. It's knowing that you're doing good. You're protecting people and you're educating people in how to protect themselves. It's making everything safer."
 
Prosper Capt. Gary McHone said he looked forward to Hubbard working with the department.

"She's going to bring a good experience drawing from her military experience to the department," McHone said. "We look forward to her service with the town." 

Hubbard is the first female officer for the Town of Prosper. 

"While we've got other female employees and other female personnel throughout the
town, she is our first female police officer," McHone said. 

The department also recently hired Allyson Frederick as the communications manager for the town. McHone said the department hopes to bring on one more full-time officer before the end of the year to bring the department total to 12.