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Breaking The Glass Ceiling, Start At The Detachment Floor

                  Crawling undetected through the woods on bush patrol. Rappelling down the side of a building with a weapon. Scaling the side of a ship in full dive gear. Dismantling an explosive device while the timer counts down. Leading an international agency of analysts into the future. […]

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Indian Police Officer Wins UN’s International Female Peacekeeper Award

                  An Indian police officer has been named recipient of a prestigious international female peacekeeper award by the United Nation or UN’s police division for her “exceptional achievements” in her duty with the UN mission in Afghanistan, including her efforts towards helping victims of sexual and gender-based […]

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More Female Police Officers Patrol The Streets Of Pocatello

                  POCATELLO — Women wearing badges is less of a novelty on the Pocatello police force than it once was as more females have joined the ranks. Pocatello Police Cpl. Kristen Matthews has been on the job for 23 years as a patrol officer, a detective, a […]

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Nunavut RCMP Member Receives International Award

                  An Iqaluit-based mother of three who grew up in Baker Lake and dreamed one day of becoming a Mountie is this year’s recipient of a prestigious international policing award. Sgt. Yvonne Niego, well-known to local media as the point person for RCMP communications in Nunavut, received […]

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Female Police Officer ‘Mowed Down’ During Car Chase In Hammersmith

                  A female police officer has been seriously injured in the middle of Shepherds Bush Road after attempting to stop a car which had mounted the pavement. A female officer has this afternoon been hit by a speeding car being pursued by police. The police officer was […]

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Women Police Officers Meet In Winnipeg, Take Part In Memorial Service

                  WINNIPEG – Over 600 female police delegates gathered in Winnipeg for a conference took part in a memorial service for fallen officers Sunday. More than 600 female police delegates gathered in Winnipeg from more than 50 countries around the world, including Indonesia, Egypt, Peru and Albania. […]

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Tutor named Wisconsin Woman Police Officer of the Year

                      Ashland police sergeant Michelle Tutor is a woman who has never been one to give in to adversity or a challenge. Perhaps that trait is one of the major reasons she was recently named “Woman Police Officer of the Year” by the Wisconsin Association […]

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Decorated Female Police Officer Who Once Guarded Kate Middleton Suing Met Police For Alleged Racism

                  A female police officer whose duties included guarding Kate Middleton is suing Britain’s biggest police force for racial discrimination after claiming she was called a n***** by a colleague. Ricky Haruna, 39, claims she was fired from London’s Metropolitan Police after complaining about racism and has […]

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Funeral Services Held For Travis County Deputy Killed In last Week’s Flood

                  AUSTIN, Texas — Funeral services were held Wednesday for Senior Deputy Jessica Hollis, the Travis County sheriff’s deputy whose patrol car was swept away in flood waters last week.   Hollis’ colleagues and friends gave eulogies at the service, sharing their memories of Hollis and stories […]

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Ladies In Red: 40 Years Of Trials And Triumph

                  REGINA — Driving through a small town one evening, Jan Graham seemingly looked suspicious. She was in uniform and at the wheel of an RCMP cruiser. “The guard got a call that a police car had been stolen — because there was a lady driving,” she […]

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