Nov. 2012: News Stories

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For the month of November 2012, there have been many news stories highlighting female police officers.

We have selected below some of these stories:

 

 

 

Top Cop Blazing A Trail With Sask. RCMP – It’s an office where the ceremonial sword of a top-level Mountie finds a home with a braid of sweetgrass.

“I’m immersed in both cultures,” says Chief Superintendent Brenda Butterworth-Carr, the new Officer in Charge of Criminal Operations for the RCMP in Saskatchewan. Read more

Adele Cashman: Female detective collapses and dies while chasing phone thief – A superfit policewoman died after collapsing as she pursued two muggers.

Adele Cashman, 30, had given chase to the teenage pair moments after they stole a woman’s phone. Colleagues rushed to her aid but she died 90 minutes later in hospital. Read more

Retired female cop wins more than $1 MILLION after 104 officers used official database to look at her licence photo more than 420 TIMES – 

A former female Minnesota police officer will receive more than $1million in multiple lawsuit settlements after learning that dozens of her former co-workers illegally accessed her driver’s licence record just to gawk at her picture.

The Minneapolis City Council has agreed last week to pay Anne Marie Rasmusson $392,000, on top of a $280,000 settlement she reached with several other cities whose officers violated the law by accessing her record for personal reasons. Read more

Female Edmonton Police Officer Fired For Lying About Affair – EDMONTON – A tearful Edmonton police officer begged to keep her job after being fired Wednesday for lying about an affair with her superior to protect him.

Const. Janice Fitzgerald was found guilty of one charge of discreditable conduct during a disciplinary hearing for misleading investigators with the professional standards branch during an interview about her relationship with her then-sergeant at southeast division, Rick Martens. Read more

Female Deputy Attacked And Beaten In Copiah County (story & video) – COPIAH COUNTY, MS (WLBT) – A Copiah County female deputy was attacked and beaten Wednesday evening on a domestic violence call. Sheriff Harold Jones tells us the man who fought with the deputy is no stranger to law enforcement.

It happened on Crawford Lane right off Highway 51 in Crystal Springs around 5. We have exclusive video from the scene. Sheriff Jones says Jimmy Smith, who is from Hazlehurst, has been in and out of trouble. His office had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Read more

Iconic Canadian Images Were Carefully Selected For New ePassport (female RCMP members) I would like to clarify several points concerning Canada’s new ePassport for your readers, following a Canadian Press article that appeared in your newspaper.

The article may have left the incorrect impression that the redesign unveiled on Friday did not represent all Canadians, more specifically, women and visible minorities. Read more

Former Mountie Wants her Apology After Being Found In Contempt – Five years after MPs found her in contempt for making false statements, a former Mountie commander is demanding that Parliament apologize.

“I promised my children I am not going to die with this on my head,” Barbara George says. “I was a police officer for 30 years. My whole life and career were built on truth and honesty and integrity.” Read more

Raped Police Officer Offered Cash To Quit – A female police officer who was sexually assaulted by a male colleague has spent nearly three years being sidelined from her job – and says she is now being offered a few months’ salary to quit.

Denise Robinson, 38, says she was raped and then effectively dismissed because of it. She recently told a Quebec court that reporting the crime took “every ounce of courage” she could muster – but, in the end, she was “suspended” and “betrayed” by her police force. Read more

Woman Police Officer ‘Bullied And Victimized By Male Bosses Who Cancelled Leave She Booked To Get Married’ – A policewoman was ‘bullied and victimised’ by male bosses who cancelled the leave she had booked for her wedding after labelling her a ‘trouble-maker’, a tribunal was told.

Shocked Police Constable Rachel Garrett, 47, only found out that her line manager had ordered the cancellation when her now husband, a police sergeant, checked her leave dates on the Thames Valley Police system while she was signed off work sick.

PC Garrett is suing the force for sexual and disability discrimination after she accused her bosses of turning against her because of previous complaints she filed against senior colleagues. Read more

Top Cop Blazing A Trail With Sask. RCMP – It’s an office where the ceremonial sword of a top-level Mountie finds a home with a braid of sweetgrass.

“I’m immersed in both cultures,” says Chief Superintendent Brenda Butterworth-Carr, the new Officer in Charge of Criminal Operations for the RCMP in Saskatchewan. Read more

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