Alice Stebbins: The First Woman In The Police Department

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Being a woman in a police department is sometimes hard. Women back then couldn 't work in the department. Women couldn 't even get a job; they had to work for their husband 's. Today since women can work in the police department I call it a privilege. I will let you know a few things about women in policing like: the first female woman police officer that could arrest in the United States, challenges for women in policing, and the role of women in policing today. Women policing is a female member of a police force or body. Those are just a little important evidence that you can use if you are interested. You can search more titles if you want to know more about women policing. The first female police officer in the U.S. with arrest powers was Alice Stebbins. She petitioned the Mayor George Alexander and the city council to start a command providing for Los Angeles Policewoman. She argued that society was changing and said the children, abused and sexually assaulted women needed a female officer. She spoke that most women were very uncomfortable with male officers. September 12, 1910 Alice Stebbins was thirty-seven years old and was the first woman to work with police department. It took a whole year for her …show more content…
I talked about the first female police officer that could arrest in the U.S., the challenges for women in policing, and the role of women in policing today. Women policing is a female member of a police force or body. Women in policing can be sometimes hard. Today since women don 't have to beg to work in the police department I call it a privilege, but women does still have to go through a lot to get the spot. You can never say a woman in the police force does not work hard. Women that work in the police department jobs are harder today. They have more than a lot challenges. It is certain stuff women can and cannot do. Women have to be

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