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Outlawed For Being Too Sexy: Mexico’s Female-Only Police Unit Is Disbanded

                  A Mexican police director has disbanded the country’s famous female only unit, known for its sexy uniforms, because it was damaging the image of the force. Chosen for their physical attractiveness, the 20 officers who made up the squad were kitted out with a tailored tight […]

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Female Police Officer Shot Dead In Kandahar Province

                  A female police officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen in southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan, local officials said. A local security official confirmed the incident and said the police officer was working with the provincial passport department. The official speaking on the condition of anonymity […]

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County Set For First Female Police Chief

                  Hampshire Constabulary looks set to appoint its first female chief constable after the county’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) named his preferred candidate for the vacant role. Sussex Police Deputy Chief Constable Olivia Pinkney has been identified as the first choice for the position following “a […]

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FitzSimmons Tapped As White Plains Police Chief

                  WHITE PLAINS – In a career of “firsts,” Anne FitzSimmons says that while others might look at her as the city’s first female police chief, she doesn’t. “In my mind, I’m just the latest chief in White Plains,” said the 61-year-old lifelong city resident, who was […]

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New Zealand’s First Female Indian Police Officer Comes To Henderson

                  Constable Mandeep Kaur feels like she is home again. Kaur is the new Ethnic Communities Relations Officer for the Waitemata District, covering Waitakere, Rodney and the North Shore. She made history as the first Indian female police officer to join the New Zealand Police in 2004 […]

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Women In The Line Of Fire: Story About Female Cadre Of Mumbai Police

                  While the corporate world has taken the lead in women-centric issues through reforms such as better maternity benefits, safety, facilities and redressal, a number of other spheres are yet to catch up and one of them is the police force. A recent survey conducted by Police […]

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Female Police Officer Killed On First Day Of Job In US

                  A police officer has been shot and killed on her first day of work and just 24 hours after being sworn in. Ashley Guindon was responding to a domestic dispute in Woodbridge, Virginia, near Washington DC. While the female office was killed, two of her colleagues […]

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Female Cop In Kilifi Under Probe For Allegedly Hiring Out Her Gun To Criminals

                  Kilifi, Kenya: A policewoman attached to Kilifi County Administration Police headquarters is under investigation following claims she has been aiding violent criminals in the region. Local police claimed yesterday that the officer has been working in Kilifi for years and was transferred to an undisclosed part […]

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Female Police Officer To Run New Domestic Violence Bureau

                  Turkey’s top police body has appointed a female police officer as the head of a newly-founded bureau in the Istanbul Police Department, one among dozens that were established across the country specializing in domestic violence against women and children. Kıymet Bilir Değerli, 39, was appointed as […]

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Hailed As ‘Role Models’ – All Female Indian Police Unit Departs UN Mission In Liberia

                  12 February 2016 – “We see you as family,” Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf recently told the women of the all-female Indian police unit serving in her country under the United Nations flag. “If I had my will, I would have recommended for another unit of the […]

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