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  2. International Association of Women Police - Wikipedia

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    It was not until 1956 that the association was revived at a meeting of the Women Peace Officers of California, where it was renamed the International Association of Women Police. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Lois Higgins, a veteran of the Chicago Police Department , was elected the association's president, and under her leadership the IAWP grew in strength and ...

  3. Women in law enforcement - Wikipedia

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    Women traditionally worked in juvenile facilities, handled crimes involving female offenders, or performed clerical tasks. In these early days, women were not considered as capable as men in law enforcement. Recently, many options have opened up, creating new possible careers. State of Israel police men and women Female law enforcement officers ...

  4. Women in policing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Crime Control Act created the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) that worked to expand programs on criminal justice/law enforcement at grantee universities, part of a push towards professionalization of the field. Soon after, a 1973 edition of the Crime Control Act was passed, mandating that any educational institution that ...

  5. Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association

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    The Hispanic American Police Command Officers Association (HAPCOA) is a U.S. law enforcement association founded in California in 1973. [1] It focuses on recruiting Hispanic and Latino Americans and social issues including gang violence. [2] By August 1998, there were seven chapters and over five-hundred members. [2]

  6. The Women's Conference - Wikipedia

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    [8] Accordingly, the California Governor and First Lady's Conference on Women was dissolved, and in 2011 there was no California Women's Conference. It was planned for the city of Long Beach to host the 2012 conference on September 23 and 24, 2012, at the Long Beach Convention Center, under the name California Women's Conference, with the theme ...

  7. Alice Stebbins Wells - Wikipedia

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    Wells' LAPD photo. The appointment of Wells attracted nationwide attention. In 1914, she was the subject of a biographical film entitled The Policewoman. [8] The University of California created the first course dedicated to the work of female police officers in 1918, and Wells was made the first president of the Women's Peace Officers Association of California in 1928. [4]

  8. New police training center opens in Southbridge, will assist ...

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    At the Southbridge Innovation Center, officers will train in nearly 36,000 square feet of classroom space that can accommodate up to 1,500 people in 14 classrooms, 20 break rooms and a full library.

  9. National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement

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    The organization holds training conferences throughout the year. [1] NOBWLE was founded in 1985 by Special Agent Gladys Jones and several others from the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, to give women a network and a voice within their profession. NOBWLE seeks both women and men to help mentor women in the law enforcement community, to give ...