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Feb 1, 2021 · The UK's first female Asian police officer has been remembered as a "trailblazer of her time". Karpal Kaur Sandhu was 27 years old when she joined the Met Police force exactly 50...
In England and Wales, 31.2% (40,319) of police officers were female on 31 March 2020. Previously, policewomen made up 28.6% in March 2016, and 23.3% in 2007. Women also make up a majority of the non-sworn police staff. Notable women in British police forces include Cressida Dick, the former commissioner (chief) of the Metropolitan Police Service.
To celebrate the amazing achievements of female police officers, the Met have released the stories of just some of their most inspiring officers over the last century. They are also encouraging more women to follow in the steps of these females who policed London by joining the force.
Mar 8, 2021 · Callouts in the south London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark on Saturday evening were all dealt with by women to mark International Women's Day. The Met, which is led by Commissioner Dame...
Oct 26, 2022 · Women now make up over 50,000 police officers in forces in England and Wales following the unprecedented drive to hire thousands more recruits.
Feb 25, 2022 · Women will be able to go on patrol with female police officers around parts of London where they feel most unsafe, as part of a new scheme. The "walk and talk" initiative is being set up to help...
Mar 3, 2022 · Between 1919 and 1922, around the time of the 1921 Census of 19 June 1921, there were just shy of 200 serving female police officers in the newly-founded Metropolitan Police’s Women Patrol, London, which was a somewhat separate organisation to the Women’s Police Service.
