Oxnard-- On Tuesday, September 12, the Oxnard Police Department celebrated the female Police Officers and their accomplishments and contributions while enforcing the law in Oxnard and across the country.
ACCORDING to statista.com, as of June 2023, 13.3 percent of the United States police force is made up of women, and 13.6 percent of Oxnard Police Department Officers are female.
According to nationaltoday.com, the first Policewoman in the United States was most likely Marie Owens, who was hired by the Chicago Police Department in 1891.
Although police matrons were not a rare sight in prisons in New York City before this, they lacked the authority to arrest as Owens did. Alice Wells was hired by the Los Angeles police department in 1910 and was the first American-born woman police officer in the United States. Unlike Wells, Owens had been born in Canada.
In 1854, the first police matrons were hired by New York City to search and guard female prisoners, but they were civilians with no law enforcement authority. The role became quite popular among women and many started applying for similar positions in various parts of the United States. In 1910, the Los Angeles Police Department appointed Alice Wells…
