RecruitingÌýwomen to one of the most dangerous police departments
Across the Metropolitan Police, 21% of the officers are women, butÌýin the firearms unit female officers constitute just 3%. It's hopedÌýa new scheme to attract women will adress that.ÌýThe ‘Women’s Development Programme’ gives women the opportunity to try out some of the skills they would need as a firearms officer. But what draws a woman to want to work in one of the most dangerous departments in the police force?ÌýHenrietta Harrison went along to the training centre in Gravesend, Kent.
