A Brief History Of The United States. First Female Police Officer Part 2 by svfop52.org published on 2024-10-06T01:19:52Z The appointment of women to police forces was exceedingly rare in the early 20th century in the United States. Most police departments refused to hire women as patrol officers, instead relegating them to roles such as matrons caring for female prisoners or juveniles. However, Alice Stebbins Wells broke new ground when she was hired as the first female police officer with arrest powers by the Los Angeles Police Department in 1910. Genre Learning
