WOMEN WITH WEAPONS: Over Protection of Female Officers

Donna Welch Jones Uncategorized 4551 Comments

Kendra arrived at the scene first. The yard scattered with trash, an old ice cream truck parked in the middle of the dump that surrounded the small house. The report indicated that a sex offender hid inside. She did surveillance while waiting for the other officers to show up. The other officers, all male, now in place. The technical sweep …

WOMEN WITH WEAPONS

Donna Welch Jones Uncategorized Leave a Comment

I looked across the table at the two lovely young women, both in their thirties. The first question seemed simple enough. “Why did you choose law enforcement as a career?” I expected a pattern of sorts. Commonalities–perhaps a family tradition  that would place them and their law enforcement and military female counterparts in a distinct group. Thinking I can convey, …