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...Catherine H. Milton, assistant director of the Police Foundation, an organization that promotes new methods of law enforcement. Her prodding is apparently winning some converts among police chiefs. About 45 women are currently pounding police beats across the U.S., and the first large-scale experiment in the use of patrolwomen is under way in Washington, D.C., where the metropolitan police force is hiring 100 women for regular patrol duty. Still, resistance to the trend-mostly from officials who think being a patrolman is too dangerous for the "weaker sex"-must be overcome before many more of the nation...
...Safety court is under the joint jurisdiction of the Judicial branch and the Department of Public Safety (police department). This body sits on such matters as traffic violations by bicycle drivers. The grounds are policed by the patrolwomen of the Safety Department...