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One of the first women police detectives in Sydney, Member of the New South Wales Police Force Lillian May Armfield ISM KPFSM (3 December 1884 – 26 August 1971) was an Australian nurse and pioneering Sydney female police detective, one of the first women to serve in that role.
Women have been doing detective work for centuries, even though there has been little-to-no documentation on them. Accounts from the mid 1800s reveal the work of female detectives. [3] Women did detective work on their own, mostly without recognition. [4] They covered a wide range of cases, from robberies to murder.
Mary Agnes Shanley (March 14, 1896 – July 3, 1989) [1] was an American police officer and detective in the New York Police Department. She joined the department in 1931 and by 1939 was the fourth woman to achieve the rank of first-grade detective in the NYPD. [2] She is credited with over a thousand arrests during her career. [3]
In 1995, 9.8% of sworn police officers were women. [27] This number grew in the next decade; in 2005 female police officers made up 11.2% of all sworn police officers. [28] One decade later, the number of policewomen has grown little, from 11.2% in 2005 to 11.9% in 2014. [29]
Even with 60 detectives assigned to the case, no one could solve the robbery. [1] [8] The story was followed nationally, according to a New York Times article at the time. After going undercover, Goodwin cracked the case. [9] [10] [11] As a result, she was appointed as New York's first female detective and given the rank of 1st grade lieutenant.
Pinkerton rented a space for Warne to work as part of her guise. Allan Pinkerton named Kate Warne one of the five best detectives that he had. Her employment by Pinkerton was a significant moment in Women's History. Women were not allowed to be a part of the police force until 1891 and could not be officers until 1908. [39]
Mary Agnes Sullivan (1878 or 1879 – September 11, 1950 [1]) was a pioneering policewoman in New York City for 35 years. She was the first woman homicide detective in the New York City Police Department.
In the early 1980s, many male transit police officers still viewed women as undesirable partners. Nevertheless, Lozada's work was noticed by her superiors and she was promoted to the Transit Police District #33 and assigned to the Plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit, a street crime unit. This brought her closer to her goal of becoming a detective. [2]