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75 Percent Of Local Police Fall Below National Average In Hiring Female Officers

                  When it comes to hiring female police officers, the majority of southwest and central Virginia departments fall below the national average. Nationwide, only 13 percent of sworn-in officers are female. But after evaluating 52 police departments from Southside, southwest and central Virginia, we found more than […]

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