Women began working as police officers in the United States as early as the 1890s. Women made up 12.6% of all U.S. sworn police officers in 2018. [1] . Employed largely as prison matrons in the 19th century, women took on more and increasingly diverse roles in the latter half of the 20th century. More @Wikipedia
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