Synopses & Reviews
What's it like to be a female cop? Stripped of the television stereotypes and politically correct whitewashing, this is the on-the-record in their own names accounting from three generations of female officers. Black, white, lesbian, straight, feminist, married, single. The only thing they have in common is the badge and gun.
Synopsis
Seattle is the perfect backdrop to see the full history of women in uniform since it was one of the first cities to hire women in 1912, the first to promote a female to captain in 1946, and one of the first to put women on the street as equal beat cops in 1975. Told through the voices of 50 women on the Seattle Police Department and covers the challenges of sexism, size differences, harassment, crooks embarrassed to be caught by a woman, going undercover to capture an illegal abortionist in the days before Roe v. Wade, moving up the chain of command, why affirmative action isn't such a good idea, how there wasn't a feeling of camaraderie among the women hired.
Synopsis
On-the-record, in their own names, accounting from three generations of female officers whose only commonality is the badge and gun.
About the Author
Adam Eisenberg: Adam Eisenberg is the Commissioner of Seattle Municipal Court in Seattle, Washington, where he presides over criminal and traffic court matters. Before taking the bench, he was a criminal prosecutor, a civil trial attorney, an advocate on mental health and domestic violence issues, and a Los Angeles-based entertainment journalist.