When teenage girls talk about stress, in Insp. Jackie Wilson’s experience, it usually revolves around exams, family pressures and appearance, often weight. In a bid to relieve some of those stresses, indelibly linked to high school careers, she suggests something that can often set teenaged hearts […]
The Women Policing Australia’s Final Frontier
It’s a painfully hot and humid January afternoon on the beat in the Top End. On patrol with Darwin police, we’re targeting the known “hot spots” for illegal public drinking and violence. Constable Mehtap Ozdemir and her colleague pour out litres of alcohol and take those […]
Women In Policing Topic Of UFV Alumni Panel Discussion
Forty years ago it was rare to see a woman in a police uniform. And when you did, chances are she was in a skirt and kept her gun in her purse. Now women comprise 20 percent of all police officers in Canada. Women in policing […]
100 Years Ago In Spokane: City Hires First Female Police Officer
The Spokane Police Department was entering a new era by hiring its first female police officer. There had previously been jail matrons and the occasional special female operatives for undercover work, but not a true woman cop. The editorial page of The Spokesman-Review seemed to applaud […]
Bradenton’s First Female Police Chief Welcomes Challenges
The City of Bradenton has a new leader in law enforcement. Tuesday, Mayor Wayne Poston announced Melanie Bevan is the new chief of police. Bevan has worked for the St. Pete Police Department for 29 years, most recently as assistant chief. Current Chief Michael Radzilowski, better […]
Town of Johnston Hires Female Police Officer First in Nearly 30 Years
Johnston Police Department has hired their first female officer in nearly 30 years. Jacquelyn (Beth ) Roberson of Batesburg officially joined the department’s ranks Thursday, Jan. 21. Speaking to The Advertiser shortly after the hiring, Police Chief Lamaz Robinson said the move shows “women can be […]
Liberian Leader Commends Indian Female Police Unit’s Role In UNMIL
Liberian President Elle Johnson Sirleaf has commended members of the all-female Indian Formed Police Unit serving with UNMIL on peacekeeping for their service to Liberia. According to a presidential mansion press statement issued here Wednesday, President Sirleaf made the commendation at a farewell program held on […]
Female Police Officer Steals The Show As She Gets Footloose In Front Of Thousands At Pride Event
It attracted thousands of revellers to watch more than 100 performers but one female police officer became the unlikely star of Manchester’s Pride event. The WPC was caught on camera throwing some killer dance moves and by the looks of it her jovial approach to her […]
Female Police Officers Mark 100 Years Of Women In Policing
When Nora Irwin joined the police nearly 60 years ago, she rose to the challenge of being one of very few women in the force — becoming the first female in Scotland to be a full-time traffic patroller. Despite loving her Dumbarton-based job, a strict rule […]
Rae Marie Odoms, 78, Pioneering Black Woman Police Officer
RAE MARIE WARNER was something of an oddity back in 1970: a black female Philadelphia police officer. In fact, there is every indication that Rae was the first African-American woman hired as a Philadelphia cop. The Police Department put her in the Juvenile Aid Division, as […]
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First Ladies In RCMP
