WOMEN IN POLICING
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The National Center for Women and Policing reported in 2001, women only represented 12.7% of all sworn officers in large agencies; this percentage represents a drop from a high of 14.3% in 1999 (Seklecki & Paynich, 2007).
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Nationally, 29.8% of police officers from large city departments report being from a non-Caucasian decent, with 18.4% being African American; minorities account for 17.1% of full-time sworn personnel in Sherrif's offices and 22.7% of local police departments (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2002) (Seklecki & Paynich, 2007).
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The model category is Caucasion (Seklecki & Paynich, 2007).
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Some Important Statistics
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In a study of 531 female officers who responded to a survey that was mailed out to approximately 2,000 randomly selected female police officer homes, it was found that:
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As for the functions of use of force and high speed pursuits, 47.1 and 37.2% of respondents, respectively, felt they performed these duties less than their male colleagues (Seklecki & Paynich, 2007).
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39% of respondents indicated that they were made to feel less welcome than males, almost 32% indicated they were treated worse than male officers when they first began their careers in law enforcement-- there are a large number of respondents who feel they were treated less favorably than male officers upon beginning their careers in policing (Seklecki & Paynich, 2007).
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