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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
APD hosts training session to recruit more women into the department
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Historically, jobs in law enforcement have been considered male-dominated, which is why the 'Women In Blue' over at APD are encouraging other women in the community to grab a seat at the table. They hope to inspire the next generation of female officers. Twenty years ago, Lt. Jennifer Garcia left her former career as a counselor to become a police officer when there weren't many opportunities for women. 'We need to have a seat at the table,' shared Garcia. It took decades for women to have the ability to move up the ranks and take on the same roles as their male counterparts, which has deterred women from seeing themselves in those positions. 'We don't have any problem recruiting male applicants, but sometimes female applicants are a little more apprehensive,' explained APD Sgt. Chermain Carter. APD: K-9 killed by 'friendly' fire during SWAT standoff According to the National Policing Institute, 50 years ago, there were fewer than a thousand female police officers. Fast forward to today, in 2025, there are about 13% or 96,000 women. APD is hoping to change that narrative in the metro. 'In today's world, women are moving into more non-traditional female jobs, occupations, and we definitely want to see that continue,' said Garcia. Saturday's Women In Blue event was all about inspiring and recruiting future female officers. Participants received first-hand knowledge about the job, the application, and the recruitment process from current female officers. And their physical capabilities were put to the test for the job. VIDEO: Surveillance video captures crash involving off-duty APD officer that severely injured man 'The event is intended to leave them walking away with a sense of newfound strength, and maybe they could surprise themselves with what they can do physically. That's what we are hoping that get out of it,' shared Carter. Over the years, events like this have helped boost female recruitment by 18% withinthe Albuquerque Police Department. To learn more about employment opportunities, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Female prison guards are having to strip search the top half of transgender criminals before male colleagues check their lower regions in bizarre new jail ruling
Female prison guards are having to strip search the top half of transgender inmates before male colleagues check their lower region, MailOnline has learned. In a bizarre procedural ruling, jail guards are doubling up when searching transgender inmates who leave prison for hospital appointments or court appearances. Trans criminals caged at HMP Dovegate have reported two female guards are used to check the top half of their bodies while two male colleagues check below the belt. The inmates subjected to the searches say they feel 'humiliated and violated' by the additional checks by male officers, which leaves their confidence 'shattered'. However, women's rights campaigners have this morning lashed out and accused the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) of breaching the 'human rights' of female officers. Kellie-Jay Keen, a gender-critical activist, insisted the Government should not 'be spending any resources on 'facilitating humiliated' trans prisoners behind bars. Speaking to MailOnline, she added: 'I don't think those female officers should be subjected to searching them at all and I wonder if it infringes on the human rights of female prison officers and whether their employer is breaking the law.' News of the searches was revealed in prison magazine Inside Times by an inmate at Dovegate - a category B male facility in Staffordshire, which houses 1,160 prisoners. Prisoners at the cushy lock-up benefit from in-cell yoga and chess, a choir, and plots to grow vegetables and flowers. The jail, which boasts of having the UK's only privately run purpose-built therapeutic facility, has also been ridiculed in the past for using 'therapy ducks' to help reform criminals. Writing in their letter to Inside Times about their alleged treatment, the trans inmate said: 'The policy is that when either entering or leaving the prison for court, hospital appointments, etc, we have the top half of our body searched by two female officers, who will then leave us to get dressed. Then two male officers search the bottom half of our body. 'I have been subjected to these undignified and downright humiliating searches countless times. The negative impact that they have on my mental health is incredible. 'I feel humiliated, violated, and my confidence is shattered each time. Most, if not all, transgender people are self-conscious about their bodies, so forcing us to reveal our post- or mid-transition bodies is both inhumane and traumatic. 'Many trans people in and out of prison may feel the same as I do about these searches, so let's do something about it.' The inmate has demanded that trans prisoners should instead be searched using an X-ray scanner, and said they have written to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood. 'An X-ray machine is arguably more thorough than a strip-search anyway and makes the process less traumatic for transgender women in prison,' they said, adding: 'This would save us the distress of having to strip naked from the waist down in front of two male officers.' The prison is run by government security contractor, Serco. Insiders have claimed transgender and searching policies are both national issues and not set by Serco. 'The body scanner is an additional search method and does not replace the search of prisoners,' an HMP Dovegate source added. 'Staff at HMP Dovegate recognise the sensitivity of the situation while being aware of the security considerations and as per the policy, the prisoner is informed of the need for the search and is involved in the decision making process as to the sex of the officers completing the search.' Justice sources said checks at the jail are carried out in accordance with the national 'searching policy framework' and the 'care and management of individuals who are transgender policy framework'. MailOnline understands these policies are being reviewed following a Supreme Court ruling last month about transgender people. In a landmark legal decision that could have far-reaching consequences, the UK's most senior judges ruled the definition of a woman is based on biological sex.
CTV News
07-05-2025
- CTV News
VPD sergeant demoted for sexual harassment
Vancouver Watch Female officers are expressing anger over the penalty for a veteran Vancouver police officer who sexually harassed multiple women.
