Very few N.J. cops are women. New guidelines seek to fix this.
State authorities on Thursday issued sweeping new guidelines for how New Jersey police departments should treat pregnant and breastfeeding officers, signaling an effort to recruit more women into policing.are “designed to help make policing a more compelling career path for women,” acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin told NJ Advance Media.
Last year, just 10 percent of police officers statewide were women, according to state data, even though they represent half of the population. A bill signed by Gov.in 2020 requires state and local law enforcement agencies to “reflect the diversity of the population of the community the agency is charged with protecting.”
“This is a profession that is welcoming women to join it,” Platkin said in an interview. “We want them to feel that this is a profession they can join and stay through their career.” The attorney general’s office said the new guidelines were “intended to promote uniformity in the treatment of pregnant officers, remove certain obstacles to the professional success of women officers, and ultimately help improve the diversity of New Jersey’s officer ranks.”
Megan Flanagan, a detective in the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the president of the New Jersey Women in Law Enforcement, said the proposal would ‘help in the recruitment of qualified females for the profession of law enforcement as well as to help retain them throughout their careers.”
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