Fox on tale of D.C. top cop

By Nellie Andreeva

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox is developing a drama project inspired by the story of Cathy Lanier, the newly appointed chief of police of Washington.

Lanier, a 39-year-old white single mother who dropped out of high school after getting pregnant at 14, became D.C.'s first female police chief and one of the youngest heads of the 3,800-member department dominated by black male officers.

In addition to dealing with the city's high crime rate, Lanier also has to deal with about 100 other law enforcement agencies operating in D.C.

"Here's a white woman in a man's world and an African-American world, working with agency after agency in a complicated jurisdiction like Washington, D.C., and she's a single mom," said Bob Cooper, who will produce the untitled project. "This seemed like a rich area to look at."

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