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Article evaluation edit
First timer! Trying to get use to this! Priya1302 (talk) 02:21, 19 January 2018 (UTC)
Work done on assignment edit
- Section on Canada done in women in law enforcement article
- Rose Fortune
- Photo added
- Katherine Ryan
- rcmp rider photo
- Write new section on Canada to add to the article.
- History:
- Notable people:
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- Katherine Ryan (Klondike Kate)
- Task Two: I would recommend updating the law_enforcement_in_Canada article to include a section (summary) of what you have added under #1. See the sections for women in law enforcement in the US and in the UK as examples.
Canada edit
- Rose Fortune the first Canadian female to become a successful police officer and also a businesswomen who was born into slavery and was relocated to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, as part of the Black Loyalist migration. When she was 10 years old, Rose Fortune was setting curfews at the wharves and surrounding areas which appointed her as the First Canadian Female Officer.
Katherine Ryan aka ( Klondike Kate) who was hired February 5, 1900 at the Whitehorse Detachment in the Northwest Territories was kept as a matron to deal with female offenders and also be part of an escort team when female prisoners were moved from one place to another. She was the first women hired in the RCMP, and was known to be a special Constable.[1]
The RCMP Depot Division is the only location for future cadets to complete their training held in Regina, Saskatchewan. The 26 week training of constables, conducted at the RCMP Academy, does not differentiate between men and women. The troop is consisted of 32 men and women who are required to follow their 26-week training together as a troop.
Introduction to article: It used to be that only nursing, teaching, and clerical positions were open to women. A small number of women worked as correctional officers and their assignments were usually limited to peripheral tasks. The integration of women into law enforcement positions can be considered a large social change. Women were traditionally limited to working in juvenile facilities, handling crimes involving female offenders, and performing clerical tasks. In the past, women were not considered as capable as men in law enforcement. Recently many decades have opened up and have given women more options to go out and build their careers on. The integration of women into law enforcement positions can be considered a large social change. A century ago, there were few jobs open to women in law enforcement. A small number of women worked as correctional officers, and their assignments were usually limited to peripheral tasks. Women traditionally worked in juvenile facilities, handled crimes involving female offenders, or performed clerical tasks. In these early days, women were not considered as capable as men in law enforcement. Recently, many options have opened up, creating new possible careers.
https://www.ferries.ca/rose-fortune/
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/women-in-policing
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/women-rcmp
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/behind-every-good-member-dedicated-civilian
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/cadet-training
- ^ Royal Candian Mounted Police. "Women in the RCMP". Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 February 2018.