When I was a little girl I wanted to be a police officer. Little did I know then that there was such a problem with becoming a policewoman. Like me, there are a lot of girls that want to grow up and be in law enforcement for the simple reason that they want to help people and put the “bad people” in jail. They don’t realize however, they will often face harassment, intimidation and discrimination.
In the year 2001 there was only 12.7% of women sworn into law enforcement positions in large police agencies with one hundred or more officers. Sadly there is only 7.3% of women