Archive | News RSS feed for this section

June Long, Bendigo’s First Female Police Officer, Remembered During Funeral Service

                  PERCHED atop the casket at June Marie Long’s funeral was a framed number plate. Customised to bear her initials, the set of plates was a prized possession. Friends said the policewoman had long feared they would fall into the hands of a hoon. “We assured her we would not […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

London’s first female police chief looks to revamp the force amid increase in terrorism

                  When Cressida Dick took over as the head of London’s Metropolitan Police last April, Britain was in the midst of a wave of terrorist attacks and she spent her first day as Commissioner attending the funeral of an officer knifed to death by a terrorist steps […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Tributes paid To Murdered Police Officer Leanne McKie Whose Body Was Found In Manchester Lake

                  Tributes have been paid to an “amazing and beautiful” police detective found murdered in a lake. Officers launched a murder investigation after Leanne McKie, 39, who worked for Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) sex crimes unit, was found in a lake in Poynton Park, near Manchester, at 3.45am on Friday. The […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Former Police Woman Aged 90 Catches Burglars Who Pretended To Be Window Cleaners And Preyed On Elderly

                  A former police woman aged 90 has helped nab two burglars who pretended to be window cleaners. Trailblazing Barbara MacArthur was one of the first female police officers in Wales, joining the force in 1950. She recently turned back the clock when she recognised one of […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Female Georgia Police Officer Shot And Killed In Ambush – 2 Suspects In Custody

                    Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd indentified the murdered officer as Det. Kristen Hearne, 29. The injured officer was identified as David Goodrich. Investigators said Ofc. Goodrich was called out to investigate a report of a suspicious vehicle Friday morning. He called Hearne for backup after […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Canadian Female Police Band Together To Change ‘Intolerable’ Working Conditions

                  The National Women in Law Enforcement Association, a national advocacy group to support female cops, was granted federal non-profit status last week. Citing an urgent need to address gender-based harassment, discrimination and bullying, a group of current and former police officers has established a national advocacy […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Female Police Officer Killed Four Terrorists in Second Attack in Spain

                  A lone female police officer is credited with killing four of the five terrorists in a second attack in Spain, The Mirror reported Friday. In the attack early Friday morning, five men in a car wearing fake explosive belts ran down pedestrians in the seaside town […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

An African-American female police officer on why more Chicago cops should look like her

                  There are a lot of African-American female officers. However, there should be more. There should be more women on the force, period. I’m from West Englewood, the far south side, near Altgeld Gardens. I grew up on a block where everybody knew everybody, and everybody was […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Somers Hires Town’s First Female Police Officer

                  The Town of Somers has hired its first ever female police officer. Officer Shannon Belcher was sworn in on Monday. She has an extensive 25-year career with the Connecticut State Police where she served in Tolland, Danielson and Meriden. She also spent several years working with […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →

Still A Male-Dominated Profession: WA’s Longest Current Serving Policewoman Marks 40 Years

                  As the WA police force marks 100 years since women were allowed to join, the force’s first female mounted police officer is still serving today — without the high heels she started out in. Sergeant Merryn Bojcun joined the force in 1977 with the aim of […]

Leave a comment Continue Reading →