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Why are there so few women in law enforcement?
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Jan 8, 2014
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Why are there so few women in law enforcement?
)ut of 3,081 sheriffs in the U.S., only 40 are women, or about .01 percent. For more on why there aren't more women in law enforcement leadership, we're joined now by Chief Penny Harrington, who was the first female chief of the Portland Police Bureau, and the first female to head a major police department in the United States.
Federal law-enforcement authorities arrest 255 suspected child predators from May 28 to June 30, 2013 as part of 'Operation iGuardian.'
Why are there so few female law enforcement officers?
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)ut of 3,081 sheriffs in the U.S., only 40 are women, or about .01 percent. For more on why there aren't more women in law enforcement leadership, we're joined now by Chief Penny Harrington, who was the first female chief of the Portland Police Bureau, and the first female to head a major police department in the United States.

When LA County Sheriff Lee Baca announced his retirement yesterday, he suggested two Assistant Sheriffs he thought would make good replacements for him. 

One is a woman, Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald, unusual because there are very few female leaders in law enforcement. In fact, out of 3,081 sheriffs in the U.S., only 40 are women. That's about .01 percent.

For more on why there aren't more women in law enforcement leadership, we're joined now by Chief Penny Harrington, who was the first female chief of the Portland Police Bureau, and the first female to head a major police department in the United States.