An Ideal Officer
Sepulveda was always an exemplary officer. She received her Bachelor’s degree in management with distinction from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She later continued her studied with a Master’s in Business Administration in finance. However, she felt she needed a change.
An Ideal Officer
A Different Goal
Samantha eventually decided that she wanted to become a police officer. What the people surrounding her didn’t know is that she also have aspirations for something else, which may have caused a lot of judgment and unwanted comments from people.
A Different Goal
Her Roots
Sepulveda was born in the Dominican Republic in 1984. Along with her mother and her sister, Samantha moved to the United States when she was five years old.
Her Roots
Why America?
Samantha’s mother had a very good reason why she wanted to move along with her daughters to the United States. She managed to secure a job in an American factory, and she believed that living in the U.S. would offer her daughters better opportunities in education and future careers.
Why America?
Involved In Sports
From a young age, Samantha showed that she was quite skilled athletically. Her hard work and talent was noticed, and she was offered a scholarship to play lacrosse at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, which she accepted.
Involved In Sports
College Life
Samantha graduated from her undergraduate degree but she wanted to continue on with her studies. She started studying at Hofstra University and eventually graduated with a master’s degree. However, she eventually pursued a career that did not follow either one of her degrees.
College Life
Wanting To Serve
Samantha had spent years accruing knowledge and degrees in the field of business, but her heart was always with the community. In 2017, she shared with the New York Post that she always wanted to help people. That’s why she chose a career as a civil servant over a potentially more lucrative career on Wall Street.
A Need To Serve
A Strange Choice
Although it was an admirable choice, many questioned Samantha’s decision to turn to law enforcement. Not only did they question her choice based on the fact that her two degrees had nothing to do with being a police officer, but she also doesn’t have the stature of a typical police officer.
A Strange Choice
A Different Kind of Police Officer
As compared with other police officers, standing at just 5 feet 2 inches, Samantha is much smaller than you’d expect a law enforcement officer to be. You might even expect someone that’s her height to be intimidated by taller and physically intimidating criminals.
A Different Kind Of Police Officer
Journey To Get There
Even though she has a smaller stature, Samantha didn’t let that prevent her from enrolling in police academy. She completed the required training and was eventually recruited for a position in the force. Samantha stated out by patrolling the streets in Freeport, Long Island, which is located in New York.
Journey To Get There
Life as a Law Enforcement Officer
Samantha started out as a law enforcement officer beginning in 2010 and has loved working as a police officer ever since. Years after joining the force, Samantha shared why she loves the job so much in an interview with the New York Post, saying that it has allowed her the opportunity to help those in need.
Life As A Law Enforcement Officer
Being A Female Cop
In response to whether being a female cop is harder than for males, Samantha responded by saying that she thinks it’s easier for her to soften the criminals she deals with. She says that they let their guards down around her and are often less aggressive than they are with male cops.
Being A Female Cop
Trying To Blend In
Samantha tries to fit in with the rest of her force and of course wears her uniform just like everyone else. She chooses to wear her hair in a pulled back bun and opts for a makeup-free face. She aims to look as neutral and even as masculine as possible.
Trying To Blend In
Attracting Attention
Sepulveda often has to deal with jokes from the people she interacts with and even the ones she has to arrest. The criminals she deals with often will say things like she can arrest them anytime. She said that once a suspect stopped right in the middle of his getaway after he spotted Samantha.
Attracting Attention
Stopped In Their Tracks
In the interview with the New York Post, Samantha shared that one time she and her partner were chasing after a man who had assaulted his wife and the cops who tried to arrest him. After he saw Samantha, he stopped and actually asked her out on a date!
Stopped In Their Tracks
Using Her Looks
Samantha realized that she could use her looks as a weapon, and would subdue criminals by taking advantage of this. She said she could talk male criminals into handcuffs. But what did her co-workers think about this technique?
Using Her Looks
It Didn’t Go Unnoticed
While all of her co-workers treated Samantha with respect, of course, her good looks did not go unnoticed. Samantha realized that she could use her looks outside of being an officer, and this was led her to her second, secret career. What was she up to?
It Didn’t Go Unnoticed
A Second Job
Many police officer will take up a second job as an electrician, plumber, or other trade work jobs. However, Samantha decided to take a completely different approach and pursued a second job that was totally out of the ordinary for a police officer.
A Second Job
Heads Turned
Once Samantha’s co-workers found out what her choice in a second job was, she had heads turning. Her moonlighting job still did not have anything to do with her business or finance degrees, and it was certainly leagues different from her job in the force. She decided to use her looks to her advantage.
Heads Turned
Where She Got The Idea
Since this second job is so different from her career as a cop, many wondered where she even thought of the idea to pursue her second job. It was actually her friend’s suggestion. Three years into being a cop, Samantha began her journey into her second career. But what was it?
Where She Got The Idea
A Model Officer
It was well known that Samantha was a model officer, but now she could use her looks and work as an actual model as well. After her friend’s suggestion, Samantha pursued her opportunities and landed modeling gigs in England, Australia, Nicaragua, and also Spain.
A Model Officer
Becoming A Model
Samantha’s friend who encouraged her was actually working for a swimwear and lingerie company when she told Samantha she thinks it could work out. This gave Samantha a great opportunity as she already had an ‘in.’ Samantha’s friend helped her get a spot in the company’s runway fashion show.
Becoming A Model
New York Fashion Week
In 2017, Samantha made her New York Fashion Week debut. She wore a bridal gown in the closing of the Azulant Akora show. The designer shared that she chose Samantha specifically to close the show out.
New York Fashion Week
Modeling Experience
Samantha shared that she enjoys modeling because it was another form of an adrenaline rush that was different from the kind she experienced as a cop. She clearly thrives in this career, but many people do not approve of her public image as a model.
Modeling Experience
Not For Everyone
Many have voiced that they find Samantha’s photos to be too provocative and that she proudly and openly shared her photos on her public social media pages. However, these comments don’t get to Samantha at all.
Not For Everyone
Her Response
In her interview with the New York Post, Samantha said that she does not think her pictures are offensive and that they actually celebrate women and their bodies. She said that to those who are offended, they can “close their eyes!”
Her Response
Her Instagram
Even though she does receive some negative feedback from people, there are still so many more that support her. You can see that just by looking at her follower count on Instagram. Since she openly shared her secret, her following increased dramatically.
Her Instagram
International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day, Samantha shared a message she felt was important on her Instagram. She wanted to help uplift women and emphasized how important it is to be respected while still being allowed to feel sexy. She received a lot of support for her positive message.
International Women’s Day
Her Positive Impact
Samantha shared that she has received so much support even in Fremont, the town where she works as a cop. She says that the local people support both of her career choices and that they’ve become nicer since finding out. Now they feel like they know her better.
Her Positive Impact
Becoming Recognized
Samantha shared an instance where she was recognized. A patient at a hospital recognized her as the model/police officer, and Samantha admitted that she was unsure of how to react. She said it was unexpected and that she is still not used to being famous.
Becoming Recognized
Not Much Has Changed
Samantha’s co-workers have said that they did not really notice her fame. Even after they found out about her second job, most of the squad barely mentioned it. Everyone continued to treat her in the same way as before, which she has said made her respect them even more.
Not Much Has Changed
Feeling Comfortable
Samantha’s modeling job requires her to spend a lot of time wearing undergarments and lingerie. She has hilariously admitted that outside of work, she does not enjoy these types of garments, opting to wear a giant oversized T-shirt to sleep!
Being Comfortable
Being Noticed
Once she opened up about her career as a model, Samantha began circulating around magazines. She was included in Muscle and Fitness list of “America’s Hottest girls in the Gym.” She was also featured in a spread in Inside Fitness magazine as well.
Being Noticed
Reaching New Heights
Ever since the New York Post article about her came out, she has experienced many new opportunities and has been interviewed in many different magazines and platforms.
Reaching New Heights
Staying Put
Samantha does not really have any plans on leaving her job as a police officer despite her modeling success. She has shared that she hopes to receive more modeling jobs that will take her abroad.
Staying Put
Dating Woes
Samantha shared that one of the downsides of openly sharing her photos online is that she struggled to find someone who was interested in her for her brains and also her beauty. She also worried that somebody she would be dating would have a problem with her sharing racy photos online.
Dating Woes
Her Exes
Samantha shared that several of her ex-boyfriends have been critical of her photos and asked her why she had to show off her body. Her response was that she knew people would be looking at her body regardless, and she wanted to take control and have agency in the situation.
Her Exes
Helping Others
Samantha hopes to help make the world a better place using her social media reach, her knowledge in business, as well as her experience in law enforcement. She came up with a development idea to help build sustainable energy plants in Thailand and hopes to continue on with that in the future.
Helping Others
Traditional Life
Samantha knows that she has not been living a conventional life and she hopes to transition to a more traditional life path soon. She wants to land more bridal gigs and has said that she has reached a point in her life where she is ready to settle down.
Traditional Life
Out of Character?
Many believe that the prospect of Samantha settling down might seem out of character given her two very exciting career choices. However, she continues to thrive in both modeling and law enforcement. As of now, she continues to be the top summons issuer.
Out of Character?
The Article That Changed It All
Samantha’s life totally changed once she opened up in the New York Post article. She finally revealed to the world that she was not only a cop, but also a model. Her social media followers increased dramatically, and she currently has over 400,000 followers.
The Article
What About Her Co-Workers?
A lot of people were curious about how her co-workers reacted to the news of Samantha working as. model. It is easy to see how many could resent her after the news came out. So how did they respond?
What About Her Co-Workers?
Totally Supportive
Samantha was thrilled when the vast majority of her squad were supportive of her choice in a second career. Them fact is that a lot of her squad members actually even knew about her second job before the article in the New York Post article. She had been modeling for three years before the article came out.
Totally Supportive
Some Negativity
Although most of her co-workers gave Samantha their support, she knows that there are some who do not approve of her choice. She said that “mostly older officers” have most likely made comments behind her back about her choice.
Some Negativity
Keeping Quiet
Samantha was worried about sharing the fact that she models with the world, since she was concerned that her police department would receive any negativity. That’s why she did not outright name her department in the New York Post article.
Keeping Quiet
Discovered Anyway
Despite the fact that Samantha tried to keep her department’s name under wraps, the fact of the matter is that any information that is on the Internet will always be discovered. A New York State government website listed that she worked as an officer in Freeport, Long Island and that in 2016 she earned $143,000.
Discovered Anyway
Freeport’s Mayor
Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy has been supportive of Samantha, calling her a “well-respected” officer and saying: “Samantha appropriately executes her responsibilities as a law enforcement officer and is well-respected by the community and peers. Many police officers have legal businesses and Officer Sepulveda is entitled to the same opportunity.”
Freeport’s Mayor
Samantha’s Response
After the interview with Kennedy, Samantha found out how kind the mayor had been about her, she felt very grateful. In response to his remarks, Samantha said: “Wow, he’s a rock star.”
Samantha’s Response
A Double Standard
Samantha is quite open about the fact that many people do still criticize her. As opposed to other cops who moonlight as electricians or plumbers, she has chosen quite a different path. She said: “I’ve been under the microscope since I started.”
A Double Standard
Why A Cop?
People were still confused about why Samantha chose to work in law enforcement at all. Why not work as a full time model or in business instead? Samantha replied: “It sounds corny, but which career could I help people more in — money-driven Wall Street or civil service where you’re protecting people?”
Why A Cop?
New Opportunities
The overall response to the New York Post article was overwhelmingly positive, and Samantha found that it had opened up doors for her career as well. Shortly after, she appeared in a spread in Maxim magazine in 2017.
New Opportunities
New Experiences
Samantha’s modeling job has already taken her to Spain, England, Australia, and Nicaragua. Samantha hopes she can continue to travel abroad with her work.
New Experiences
Life As A Police Officer
Still, working as a cop is no easy feat. She said that working as a Freeport officer, about 15 days out of every month, she has days when she works 12 hour days. It’s pretty impressive that she finds time during her days off as a cop to model!
Life As A Police Officer
Balancing Act
For most people, one full time job is more than enough, forget about taking on a second job. For ambitious Samantha, it’s all about balancing the two. Some have asked whether she would ever consider leaving the police to become a model full time. So what is her answer?
Balancing Act
Not Leaving
Samantha’s response to people’s question of leaving her job as a cop is: “I wouldn’t leave my police job for it. It’s fun. What girl doesn’t want to dress up and look pretty? But it’s not as fulfilling as saving lives and impacting people on a personal level. I like that I can do both.”
Not Leaving
Helping Others
Something that Samantha has carried with her throughout life is the fact that she values helping others and serving the community. This is why she chose a career in law enforcement in the first place and why she chooses to stay. She has been quite involved with her community.
Helping Others
Dream Prom Boutique
Samantha took part in a 2019 project called “Dream Prom Boutique” which aimed to aid high school students who could not afford outfits for their prom by providing them with beautiful free options. The initiative took place at the high school where Samantha herself graduated from.
Dream Prom Boutique
Samantha The Volunteer
Samantha also volunteers at a program in Long Island that makes sure senior citizens around the community have access to meals. Samantha also takes time to speak at high schools and encourage students to pursue college.
Samantha The Volunteer
Is She Still Single?
With two flourishing careers, a giving personality, and stunning looks, many wondered is if was possible that Samantha was still single. It’s pretty clear that Samantha stays away from speaking about her personal life in interviews, but you can find the answer on her Instagram.
Is She Still Single?
A Mystery Man
Although Samantha has never shared personal details about him, Samantha has made it clear that she is taken and very much in love. The tall and handsome man clearly makes Samantha happy, and her fans are glad to hear that she is doing well.
A Mystery Man
