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Zusatztext God! I love these women! Their breeziness! compassion! humour and resilience are a tonic. Informationen zum Autor JENNIFER REES is a retired Metropolitan Police Officer and Scenes of Crimes Officer with more than thirty years of experience. She joined as a Women Police Constable in 1969, when female police officers were still part of an entirely separate department. In more recent times she changed direction to become a Senior Forensic Training Manager at the Metropolitan Police Crime Academy in Hendon. ROBERT J. STRANGE is a former Fleet Street crime reporter, a television director, and executive producer of factual documentary series for major broadcasters such as the BBC and C4 in the UK, and the Discovery and National Geographic channels in America. He is the author of books about the sinking of Titanic and the enduring mystery of the missing peer Lord Lucan. Klappentext Astonishing stories from the front line of policing in London, told in the voices of policewomen who have served in the hundred years since women first joined the service These are tales of heroism, humour, crime-busting and tragedy, including personal stories from Britain's most senior officer, Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick: first-hand experiences that reveal what female police officers have endured and achieved as they fought entrenched discrimination to smash the glass ceiling and reach the top. In February 1919, the first women police officers took to the streets of London. They battled gender stereotypes, institutional inequality, sexual harassment and even assaults. Resented by many male colleagues, female officers were expected to do little more than 'Make the tea, Luv . . .' and were tasked with looking after the women and children who fell into police hands. Voices from the Blue tells the story of how policewomen have won the equality they demanded. A century on from the first Women Police Patrols, women now hold some of the most powerful positions in the British justice system. In celebration of 100 years of women police officers in the Met, a reflection, in the voices of those who served, of what women have endured, accomplished and changed over the past hundred years. Zusammenfassung In celebration of 100 years of women police officers in the Met, a reflection, in the voices of those who served, of what women have endured, accomplished and changed over the past hundred years....
