Women Police

White Ribbon, Volume 48, Issue 4, 18 May 1942, Page 8

Women Police

Women’s organisations in England arc fully alive to the valuable work to be done by qualified women i>olice, and the following resolution was recently carried by a conference of women’s organisations held under the auspices of the Women’s Freedom League: “1 his conference of women’s organisations, in view of the urgent need for the services of women police,lhsks the Home Secretary to take immediate steps to ensure that it shall be obligatory upon every local authority throughout the United Kingdom to secure the api>ointment ot a suitable number of trained and attested women constables as members of their Police Forces under conditions of pay, promotion and responsibility identical with those of the male members of those forces. Ihe conference is aware of the recommendations on this point already made by the Home Secretary, but experience lias proved that n many cases tl ese recommendations have not been carried out by local authorities. It therefore demands amendment of the Statutory Regulation on Strength, Section 4 of the Police Act of 1919 making compulsory the appointment of women police.” At the end of 1939 there were 230 police women in England, of which 130 were in the metropolitan area. A Women Police Campaign Committee representative of 19 organisations is also working on this matter and urging appointment of a woman Inspector of Constabulary at the Home Office. Women’s organisations : n Australia might well take similar action, urging the appointment of fully qualified women police, particularly in large centres and jh rts, and in the vicinity of military crmps.

-DAWN