“Hummmm. I think there may be more to this story than what we are reading in the article. An independent diagnostic of the culture might be helpful for the organization.” – Jane Hall
Fewer women want to be armed police officers because they do not want to carry ‘great big guns’, Scotland Yard’s most senior policewoman has said.
Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick says that there is an overwhelming male ‘culture’ in armed units despite more women ‘flooding in’ to other departments.
Women had in the past been forced to adopt ‘manly’ traits to get ahead, including dressing like men, not using make-up and having to ‘swear more’, ‘drink more’ and ‘drive faster’, she said. – Read More
