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Del Ray Business Association President Bill Blackburn and DRBA Board Member Gayle Reuter present the business association's 2016 STAR Award in the public service category to Alexandria Police Deputy Chief Dianne Gittins. Gittins, who serves as the police department's liaison to the Del Ray community, has been with the Alexandria Police Department since 1989; in 2014, she was the first woman to reach the rank of Deputy Chief.