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LAPD Honors Pioneering Female Officer Alice Stebbins Wells
Wells was one of the first female officers in the country with arrest powers. Her first duties included the "suppression of unwholesome billboard displays, searches for missing persons, and the maintenance of a general information bureau for women seeking advice on matters within the scope of police departments."
September 13, 2010
Patrol
Pioneering Women of the LAPD
The first female police officer in the country with arrest powers, Alice Stebbins Wells, arrived in 1910 with the Los Angeles Police Department. By 1937, the department employed 39 policewomen. Women are serving in most areas of the department; they have yet to crack the elite SWAT unit, but a 2008 report led to 12 women being accepted into the training program that feeds the unit. These photos, which show several of the pioneering police women of the department, have been provided by the Los Angeles Police Historical Society.
July 28, 2009
Patrol
Nation's First Female Officer May Have Served In Chicago
Sgt. Marie Owens, who worked 32 years with the department, told the Tribune in 1906 she liked police work because it allowed her to "help women and children who need help."
September 4, 2010
Women in Law Enforcement
Welcoming Females to Law Enforcement
Are we, as a police community, doing things that hinder or scare women away from this job?
July 20, 2010
Patrol
America's Elite Female Athletes and Officers
If policing was an Olympic sport, there is no doubt that Team USA would be standing atop the Medal stand, taking honors for gold, silver, and bronze—and America's female forces would be right there among the victors on the world stage.
July 23, 2021
Patrol
FLEOA Honors Fallen Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells
Today, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association announced its heartfelt prayers and sorrow for the family of Deputy U.S. Marshal Josie Wells, who was fatally wounded while he and his team were in pursuit of a homicidal fugitive.
March 11, 2015
Patrol
Women's Wear
Gone are the days when a woman police officer was acting as a social worker with a badge, and they now fill as many roles as male police officers do. Many companies are adjusting what they manufacture and sell to specifically meet the needs of women police officers. This is after years of providing only unisex products and using a one size fits most business model.
July 22, 2009
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