Obbema, Diane

Diane Obbema, a 30-year law enforcement veteran, specialized for 12 years as a detective investigating crimes against children in Colorado's First Judicial District. The first woman ever named Top Recruit in a Jefferson County Law Enforcement Academy class, Deputy Obbema worked several years on patrol before being selected to pioneer the DARE program in Jeffco schools in 1990. After returning to patrol, she was promoted to Detective in 1998 and assigned to the Crimes Against Children Unit, where she investigated over 400 cases of physical and sexual abuse. Det. Obbema earned wide recognition f...