March 2024 - Police Chief Magazine

Innovating for a More Equitable Profession

Policing is a noble profession and a challenging one. While the rewards can be great, they are often overshadowed not just by the unavoidable stressors—responsibility for community well-being and ex...

Recruitment & Personnel

Learning from the Perceptions of Women in Policing

Women have always been underrepresented in the policing profession, and, early on, women police officers were put on desk duty or restricted to dealing with minor offenses.1 In some departments, the f...

Leadership

A New Perspective

One of the many things I have thought about in the profession is the question, “How do we teach others to appreciate perspectives different from our own?” As a deputy chief, I have worked my way u...

Recruitment & Personnel

What Works and What Matters to Advance Women in Policing

The authors, Chief (Ret.) Ivonne Roman and Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Policing and Public Safety Maureen McGough, joined forces to launch the 30x30 Initiative in March 2021 to ...

Recruitment & Personnel

Unlocking the Full Potential of Women in Policing

Times have changed since the first women joined France’s police force in the mid-1970s. Back then, it was a male-dominated profession in which a small number of women served mainly in departments wh...

Leadership

Making the Most of Glassy Situations

Women in law enforcement face many challenges. Research reveals women and men tend to follow different pathways to leadership.1 The pathway for women is full of “glassy” situations, both overhead...

Recruitment & Personnel

Empowering Women in Law Enforcement

I have been in public service for over 30 years, and female representation in policing has been a topic of conversation since I engaged in the field. As one of the few women in the early and mi...