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Galloway Names First Female Police Chief

                  GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP— There’s a new chief in town and she’s the first female police chief in Atlantic County’s history. Donna Higbee, a 13-year veteran of the Galloway Township Police Department was sworn in as police chief Wednesday evening. Higbee was named acting-chief last month after Pat […]

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Wilton Promotes First Female Police Officer

                  At a ceremony on Thursday, July 2, Eva Zimnoch became the first woman on the Wilton police force to be promoted. She was elevated to the rank of detective. “It is not an easy thing to get promoted in a police department,” Interim Chief Robert Crosby […]

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Female Police Officers Mark 100 Years Of Women In Policing

                  When Nora Irwin joined the police nearly 60 years ago, she rose to the challenge of being one of very few women in the force — becoming the first female in Scotland to be a full-time traffic patroller. Despite loving her Dumbarton-based job, a strict rule […]

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Staunton’s First Female Officer Dies Fron Cancer

                  STAUNTON — In 1975, Cathy Robertson Simmons became the first female Staunton Police officer. She broke ground for women in the area to pursue a career in law enforcement. Monday, she lost her battle with cancer at the age of 62. “She certainly paved the way […]

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Police Scotland Celebrates 100 Years Of Female Officers

                  Deputy Chief Constable Rose Fitzpatrick was speaking at a passing-out parade at the Scottish Police College. Almost 40% of the course’s recruits are women, the highest proportion ever. Police Scotland is celebrating 100 years of women in the service – although female officers were not permitted […]

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Galloway Names First-Ever Female Acting Police Chief

                    GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP — Lt. Donna Higbee was named the township’s acting police chief Monday. Higbee replaces Chief Pat Moran who retired following a 25-year career in law enforcement. Higbee was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant in January. She became the township’s first female lieutenant and […]

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1st Female RCMP Boss Remembers Trailblazing Years With Humour

                  It was 1974, and Beverley Busson was among the first batch of women ever training to become RCMP officers. The situation led to some unfortunate missteps by the police service. The RCMP had hired the same company that made uniforms for Air Canada to make their […]

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Nottinghamshire Leads The Way As Women Celebrate 100 Years In The Police Force

                  This year marks the 100th anniversary of women in the police force. Crime Correspondent Ellie Cullen looks at how attitudes have changed. When Edith Smith became the first woman to be given the power to arrest in 1915, she wasn’t even allowed to vote. Instead of […]

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Gertrude Schimmel, First Woman NYPD Sergeant, Dead At 96

                  Gertrude Schimmel, a trailblazing NYPD cop who became its first woman sergeant and opened the door for generations of others, died Monday of natural causes. She was 96. Born in 1918 in the Bronx, Schimmel was the youngest of three children in a family of Jewish […]

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A Fair Cop: Women Celebrate 100 Years In Police Force

                  With her hair in a primlooking bun and round spectacles Edith Smith didn’t look much like a pioneering crimefighter. The former midwife was already in middle age when she became the first policewoman in Britain to be granted the power of arrest 100 years ago. The […]

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