Subdeacon Joe Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 September 12, 1910 Alice Stebbins Wells became the first U.S. policewoman when the Los Angeles Police swore her in, gave her a badge, assigned her a telephone call box, a rule book and first aid book. She later founded the International Policewomen’s Association and traveled throughout North America to promote female officers. Visit ThisWeekinCaliforniaHistory.com #california #womenshistory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Don't think I would ever want to mess with that gal. From Kansas, a minister, Women's Christian Temperance Union. Crap, she already knew how to crack heads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Official LAPD photo. She was not authorized those days to carry a firearm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 That hat doesn’t sit well on her head but I don’t want to tell her that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 minutes ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: That hat doesn’t sit well on her head but I don’t want to tell her that. That’s not her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 9 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: That’s not her. Right I even read that, but don’t think I’d want to tell either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Official LAPD photo. She was not authorized to day a firearm. Assume you meant not authorized to "carry" a firearm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Assume you meant not authorized to "carry" a firearm? Article says not required to wear a uniform. Her not carrying a firearm is mentioned elsewhere? curious Gateway Kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 1 hour ago, Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life said: Article says not required to wear a uniform. Her not carrying a firearm is mentioned elsewhere? curious Gateway Kid Here https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wells-alice-stebbins-1873-1957 And here https://www.starttv.com/stories/meet-the-first-woman-to-join-the-los-angeles-police-department Quote She was sworn in on September 12, 1910. Her main inventory of supplies included a telephone call box key, a police rule book, and her badge, which read "Policewoman's Badge Number One". Despite being legally sworn in, she was not authorized to carry a gun. Wells was then tasked with creating her own police uniform, which took the form of a floor-length dress and a matching jacket. Her first assignments involved supervising the goings on at skating rinks and dance halls. She was also the first point of contact and interrogation when female citizens were involved in criminal activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joke 'um Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Interesting top photo. "Woman policeman (ideal not actual)" Not stated: "Uniform on loan from Keystone Motion Picture Studio." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gateway Kid SASS# 70038 Life Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Here https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wells-alice-stebbins-1873-1957 And here https://www.starttv.com/stories/meet-the-first-woman-to-join-the-los-angeles-police-department Thank you Gateway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 gotta respect them , was not "their place" in society back then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Speaking of her hat, I had occasion to discuss uniform headwear with a police captain in Athens, some years ago. He told me that a young cop from London stopped in at their police station just to say howdy. He'd come over to visit his girlfriend, who was attending Ohio U, and of course the first thing Cap did was throw him in the cruiser and drive all over town, and the two of them laughed and swapped war stories and lied outrageously to one another, the way lawmen will, and somewhere in the conversation, the subject of uniform covers came up. The Brit, it turns out, was one of the Queen's Guard, and he admired the hell out of the practical styling of the issue milkman hat. Cap asked him why in two hells did they wear those stovepipe Peeler hats, and the Brit squared his shoulders and sat up very straight and declared, "It mikes us stond up stright! If we bend over, th' damned things fall off!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 7 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: Speaking of her hat, I had occasion to discuss uniform headwear with a police captain in Athens, some years ago. He told me that a young cop from London stopped in at their police station just to say howdy. He'd come over to visit his girlfriend, who was attending Ohio U, and of course the first thing Cap did was throw him in the cruiser and drive all over town, and the two of them laughed and swapped war stories and lied outrageously to one another, the way lawmen will, and somewhere in the conversation, the subject of uniform covers came up. The Brit, it turns out, was one of the Queen's Guard, and he admired the hell out of the practical styling of the issue milkman hat. Cap asked him why in two hells did they wear those stovepipe Peeler hats, and the Brit squared his shoulders and sat up very straight and declared, "It mikes us stond up stright! If we bend over, th' damned things fall off!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sounds like a Toronto, Canada Morality Officer. No gun, limited duties. This is Rebecca Liddiard. She plays officer Shaw on the Canadian TV show Frankie Drake Mysteries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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