“A step in the wrong direction. History has proven the creation of “Special Women Officers Units in policing” perpetuates discrimination and always holds women back. I was on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police riot squad in 1995 because I met the job requirements which were based on the task, not gender.” – Jane Hall
Commander of Iran Riot Police says Women’s Unit in the Riot Police has been operational and that cavalry and SEPKA (Iran Investigation Police Dogs) units are ready for the containing the riots.
Providing comments on the deployment of female officers in the Riot Police, Brigadier General Hassan Karami told Mehr News that the plan for recruitment of female officers in the Riot Police was proposed this year so that the Police would have a unit of women operational battalion at times of crisis.
He also said that that the structural outlines of the unit was passed and approved by the Chief of Police, and added “the missions for the female unit in the Riot Police have been defined according to operations in investigation, in-action, arrest, transport, and interrogation sections.” Read more
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