Twelve Colorado Springs policewomen who didn’t pass the department’s physical fitness tests on their first try have sued the department for discrimination. The female detectives, lieutenants, officers and a sergeant with the Colorado Springs Police Department were stripped of their uniforms and normal duties when they […]
Burma: Police Reforms Expand Women’s Roles
There was a time when there were very few women in Burma’s national police force, and they were practically invisible. Under an ambitious plan to enlarge, modernise and reform the Myanmar Police Force (MPF), however, that situation is rapidly changing. Not only are there now many […]
Officer Calls For Understanding Between Baltimore Residents & Cops
One female cop from Baltimore is calling for the community and the cops to come together. Sgt. K Glanville took a moment on Saturday evening to stop by a community block party following a rally to let demonstrators know that she is an officer that wants […]
Female Officer Joins The Hawthorne Police Department
The police department has a new member of the force, who graduated at the top of her police academy class and will be the only female officer on the squad. Officer Tonya Schneider, 23, of Hawthorne, was ceremonially sworn in at the April 1 council […]
Fort Pierce Hires First Female, African-American Police Chief
“What I was looking for was somebody with big-city experience but willing to take on a small town, which we still consider ourselves a small town,” Mayor Linda Hudson said. Hudson said they narrowed the search down to six qualified candidates, and it was 56-year-old Tampa […]
EXCLUSIVE: How Sexual Abuse By Male Officers Fuels HIV Among Female Colleagues – Report
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS is by far higher among female police personnel in Nigeria than among their male counterparts, and the lead cause is sexual exploitation by male officers who deliberately toughen police routines to make the women vulnerable to sexual abuse, an internal police assessment […]
Criminal Profiler Kate Lines Shares Her Career Story With Women Interested In Policing
From farm kid to criminal profiler, Kate Lines has stories to tell — so many, she’s writing a book. As part of a 33-year career which included working in fraud, drugs, and major crimes departments, OPP retired chief superintendent Lines was also Canada’s second police officer […]
Rae Marie Odoms, 78, Pioneering Black Woman Police Officer
RAE MARIE WARNER was something of an oddity back in 1970: a black female Philadelphia police officer. In fact, there is every indication that Rae was the first African-American woman hired as a Philadelphia cop. The Police Department put her in the Juvenile Aid Division, as […]
Sichuan’s Ya’an Bids Farewell to Young, Dedicated Female Police Officer – All China Women’s Federation
Zhao Xiaoli, a female traffic officer in Ya’an, a city in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, passed away at the young age of 33 on April 1, bidding farewell to her beloved career and family. In March 2013, Zhao felt an unusual bit discomfort but didn’t think […]
Surrey RCMP Officer Couldn’t Do Job ‘Without Having A Heart’
SURREY — It was in a gymnasium at an Ontario high school that Michelle Adriaanse first knew she wanted to be a cop. “There was a career day at our school and there was a female RCMP officer,” the Surrey sergeant recalled. “She was very energetic […]
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