She joined the
Capitol Police in 2001. In 2012, Pittman was among the first black female supervisors to be promoted to the rank of captain in the Capitol Police. At that time, she was responsible for over 400 officers and civilian staff. The next year, she was in charge of the security planning for the
second inauguration of Barack Obama. During her tenure, Pittman was assigned to the
United States Senate Division and served as assistant chief of police for protective and intelligence operations. In 2020, Pittman received the Women in Federal Law Enforcement's Outstanding Advocate for Women award. According to findings in a bipartisan Senate investigation, a series of omissions and miscommunications kept that information from reaching front-line officers. On February 15, 2021, the U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee, the union representing Capitol Police officers, voted 92% against Pittman in a
vote of no confidence in her leadership. On December 5, 2022, the
University of California, Berkeley, announced that Pittman had assumed the role of chief of the Berkeley department of the
UCPD, with her leadership beginning February 1, 2023. == References ==