Breaching the Blue Wall Chapter 2
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Introduction
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There is an old familiar English phrase which says that what a man can do, a woman can do better. This say is purely true for women are meant to be a better, more refined and more thoughtfully created than man, going by biblical creation theory. However, while arguing in her text, Police Women: Life with the Badge, (Sandra & Betty, 2005) portrays a contrary scenario. She specifically draws the attention of her readers to the police and military. These are professionals that require a lot of physical strength, authority, and power (Price, 1996). While pondering upon this, she causes the readers to agree that in exceptional circumstances, a woman must employ twice the effort of a man to come up with an outcome comparable to that of her male counterpart. To understand this text, we must adopt the last say and disregard the former. This document is an expository article, which tries to highlight the challenges that the female persons working in law enforcing departments undergo while discharging their duties (Sandra & Betty, 2005). These problems include discrimination, competition, lack of mentoring, differential treatment and sexual harassment, and domestic challenges among others (Langton, 2010). For over ten decades, women were allowed to participate in nation building at every capacity in America (Price, 1996). This was done with reservation of law reinforcement. Come 1970; there arose a severe concern about Equal Employment Act, which saw a mass movement of the female fraternity from home base duties to take up serious government jobs. This move was made without exemption of American air force, American navy, army, the police force, wildlife services, flying squad and other law reinforcing farms (Price, 1996). Little did the activists know that they were going to plunge into condition a situation which would see them frustrated for life? This book narrows down to the police force and the calamities that befall women cops in their line of duty and their social lives as well (Sandra & Betty, 2005).
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Promotions
It is very rare to find a woman cop rising the ladder to the highly coveted ranks in the police force. As statistics stands today, less than 1% of the top-level cops are females. The female police officers are continually delayed at a particular rank to bar them from reaching a certain level of leadership (Sandra & Betty, 2005). Here, the government argues that the physical
capacity required for one to perform such tasks is not common among the female people. Breaching the blue wall as discussed in chapter two is a figurative statement that stands for climbing up the ladder of promotion in the police force. This same account has been used to explain the less number of females recruited for training (Price, 1996). Even though it is true that
some tasks cannot be performed excellently by female cops, the female officers who have served
for a given period or have demonstrated some special competence deserve to climb the ladder to leadership positions in promotion.
Limited slots for women
The number of female recruits in the police force in the United States of America has only moved from 7.6% in 1987 to 12% in 2007 (Price, 1996). We would rather have more men than women in the security farms. It is, however, important to realize that the few women recruited to the police force have over time demonstrated more loyalty and innovativeness than their male counterparts. They have changed police work into a more community-oriented model of policing, reduced police violence, served as a high force to promote a more effective response to domestic violence within police departments, and helped with community-police relations (Price, 1996). These form part of many positive things that women have brought into the profession. It is but a mere excuse and evident corruption that only 12% of the recruited cops should be
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female. There are a lot more duties within the police force that requires ones’ intellectual capacity than physical strength (Price, 1996). It may, however, look outrageous for someone to propose the ratio of one to one among the police force but 12% is such a small number that the government should consider increasing especially in this Equal Employment Act regime. Sexual assault
It is common knowledge of the public that just like the kingdom of lions, lionesses are always more dangerous than the lions. This analogy is valid for police officers. Women police are ever more brutal than police officers. This presumption makes typically it safe for women police to handle the public for fear of police brutality. However, the women police are not merely free from harassment. On the contrary, many cases have often been reported of male officers sexually assaulting their female colleagues (Price, 1996). To prove this point, 77% of policewomen from more than thirty-five different counties were reported to have been sexually assaulted by the male ones in 2009. Verbal harassment is also commonly reported phenomena, where women are sexily asked to “go to the station-house” or told other sexually suggestive words that are deemed inappropriate at the place of work. (Sandra & Betty, 2005) Further clarifies that more than 60% of these behaviors go unreported for
fear of intimidation and further embarrassment. Policies should be implemented to punish by law, those who reportedly harass their female counterparts sexually. The harassers can be traced privately and be brought to books so that law and order can be reinforced (Price, 1996). Mobility
Greater mobility is another detrimental experience that policewomen encounter while discharging their duties. They are continually moved from one workstation to the other across the state. Regularly displaced from one assignment to another (Price, 1996). On average, 45% of
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policewomen and 71% of police officers are often assigned irregular duties. 31% of policewomen and 12% of law enforcement officers remain on general assignments, 12% of policewomen and 4% of police officers are sent to the fields. Research reveals that policewomen are likely to be moved from one department to the other, or assigned irregular duties (Price, 1996). General transfers from one workstation to the other are relatively higher iv policemen than in female police officers, but research still reveals that when it occurs, the females are profoundly affected since they have to move with their households. Male ones can leave their families behind. Since women are profoundly affected by impromptu transfers, the police service
should consider giving prior notice to the female cops so that they can prepare for such eventualities (Langton, 2010). The transfer of female cops should be limited and the necessary ones done at the beginning of the year to enhance planning and family settlement. The senior officers should also be careful enough to assign every police to their areas of specialization (Sandra & Betty, 2005).
Summary
Until 1970, the police force was considered as a dominant male carrier. It was then that the equal employment act came into force, opening ways for women to join the career. Breaching the blue wall as discussed in chapter two is a figurative statement that stands for climbing up the ladder of promotion in the police force. This same report has been used to explain the less number of females recruited for training. This text highlights several challenges that the female cops experience while serving their nation in the police service. Such problems include a limited number of promotions awarded, the limited slot for women during recruitment, sexual assault y male counterparts, and high frequency and untimely of transfers, and mobility
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from one task to the other among others. This article advises the government to consider increasing the number of female recruits, promote the experienced ones and allow them to settle in their areas of specialization. References
Langton, L. (2010). "Women in Law Enforcement, 1987–2008" Bureau of Justice Statistics. Retrieved 7 December, 2017.
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Price, B. (1996). "Female Police Officers in the United States". Policing In Central and Eastern Europe: Comparing Firsthand Knowledge with Experience from the West. College of Police and Security Studies. Retrieved 7 December, 2017.
Sandra, K. W. & Betty, L. A. (2005). Police Women: Life with the Badge. Westport. US. Praeger inc.