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About
Betsy
(Byrd)
Randolph
grew
up
in
Enid,
Oklahoma,
working
in
radio
broadcasting
beginning
at
age
15.
Radio
took
her
to
Missouri,
Texas,
and
New
Mexico
-
including
her
hometown
of
Artesia,
New
Mexico
where
she
began
her
law
enforcement
career
in
1990
as
a
dispatcher
&
detention
officer
with
the
Artesia
Police
Department.
Betsy
went
on
to
serve
27
years
as
an
Oklahoma
law
enforcement
officer.
Two
years
as
the
first
female
police
officer
with
Tonkawa
Police
Department
and
the
last
25
years
with
the
Oklahoma
Department
of
Public
Safety
where
she
was
the
spokesperson
for
several
years.
She
retired
as
a
Lieutenant
from
the
Oklahoma
Highway
Patrol
in
October
2020.
She
dually
served
12
years
in
the
U.
S.
Army
Reserves,
first
as
an
MP
(Military Police) then as a Drill Sergeant.
She
is
the
Past
President
of:
Women
Writing
the
West,
Logan
County
Master
Gardeners,
Guthrie
Forestry
Advisory
Board.
Former
speaker
&
board
member
with
Victim’s
Impact
Panel
of
Oklahoma.
She
also
served
for
over
five
years
as
an
inner-city
child
reading
tutor
with
Whiz
Kids of Oklahoma.
Betsy
holds
numerous
degrees
in:
Journalism,
Organizational
Leadership,
Horticulture,
and
a
Master
of
Fine
Arts
in
Creative
Writing.
Her
published
work
includes:
The
Oklahoma
Gazette,
Woods
Reader
Magazine
,
and
Southern
Literary
Review
,
among
others.
She’s
the
author
of three adult novels and two middle-grade readers.
She
lives
near
Guthrie
with
her
husband,
George.
Together
they
have
two grown children, and seven grandchildren.
Drill Sergeant Randolph
MP Duty Fort Irwin, CA
Betsy and George