We spoke earlier with Karen Lynch, one of SFPDs first female cops. - TopicsExpress



          

We spoke earlier with Karen Lynch, one of SFPDs first female cops. If youre curious about Americas VERY FIRST female cop, it was Alice Stebbins Wells. Check out her 1957 obit here: lat.ms/1sWhxou Some choice bits - apparently she had a hard time being taken seriously: -- Her only arrest was when she charged a man with ogling. -- A 1910 article treated Wells as a mere curiosity, saying that Police Chief Alexander Galloway pinned the big shield on the new officers shirtwaist and bade her to sally forth and do her dooty. -- She told the press, I am sure that the time will soon come when women will be frequently appointed on the police force of every city in the country for there is a certain work to be done that only they can do.
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 18:30:00 +0000

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