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10:00pm Monday 22nd June 2009
LANCASHIRE police have established the first Senior Women Detective's Network (SWDN) in the country.
The move has been welcomed by Lancashire’s Police Federation, who say the network will help provide more role models for their female members.
The SWDN, which celebrates its first anniversary this month, was borne out of the success of the Lancashire Constabulary Women's Network and was established formally in June 2008 after the need to have an informal support network was identified by female Detective Inspectors within the force.
Historically, there have been difficulties in recruiting women to specialist senior roles, and this network provides the opportunity to share experience, advice and best practice on an informal basis.
Detective Inspector Jill Johnston from the Public Protection Unit at Blackburn said: “The network has been extremely supportive to me,particularly so when I made the transition into an investigative role.
“Prior to 2007 my career had been predominantly in uniform and when I made the decision to pursue the role of a Detective Inspector, I tapped into the contacts I had formed with the Senior Women's Detective Network who provided me with valued advice and guidance along the way.”
John O’Reilly at Lancashire Police Federation said: “Although the network members are more senior than our members, they will provide more role models for women officers progressing through the ranks.
“There have been certain problems with the recruitment of officers, for example when women take career breaks to have a family, and we can only welcome this move.”
The network currently has 15 members ranging from the rank of Inspector up to Chief Superintendent who attend the meetings, and it is also open to colleagues who are currently in acting roles.
The meetings are every two months and take place across the county.
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Lifeinthemix wrote:and what exactly is the problem?
Hi All. Excluded, Darwen I will tell you what I do know : All assets belonging to Lancashire County Council, are now owned by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire as soon as the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, becomes a region controlled directly from Brussels, the region has its own foriegn policy also which it communicates not to Parlaiment, but to Brussels. All assets administered by Lancashire County Council on behalf of 'we the people', belong not to LCC, but to all the people in Lancashire, as we have paid for all these assets with what was property rates, we paid our water rates, etc. The same with the housing stock which you out there handed free of charge to the corporate world, and worse these housing associations are 'CHARITIES' and do not have to comply with Freedom of Information requests, they do not have to give out any information to the public whatever. So they steal our assets and are covered from any explanations as to how they decieved the people into handing over our assets into the Corporate world. It matters not how the terms are presented, it is UN LAWFUL under Common law, it is 'LEGAL', only under the statutes shadow. When they privatise the NHS, again the taxpayer will hand over all the buildings and equipment we the taxpayers will pay for for years to come and have paid for in the past, to the Corporate world for nothing, that is theft under Common Law and not Lawful. It means the the banks get the assets while the taxpayer gets the debt. The schools are going the same way under the Academy's agenda. WAKE UP PEOPLE OUR NATION IS BEING TAKEN OVER COMPLETELY BY THE CORPORATE WORLD. The same accross all NATO countries. Global fascism is at the door, and they are moving to attack Iran after Henry kissinger announced, "We are preparing for an attack on the unstable IRAN" he forgot to mention the CIA are behind the Iran revolution going on presently, they aim to place the Shah's son in power. Just because Blair, Obama, Brown, Sarkozy and co, do not look like Hitler, doaes not mean what Hitler did to Germany is not happening here and now. it is and you had better wake up fast.
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