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March 5, 2007
Feminizing the British Police
Posted by Dave Blount at March 5, 2007 2:32 PM
Keeping citizens safe might be nice, but the important thing is to advance political correctness. This is why the British police are supplying smaller guns and lighter motorcycles in an attempt to encourage more women to join the force.
The police in Cleveland, England are getting Sig-Sauer P250s instead of the standard Glock 17 because the grip is easier for petite hands to hold. The Heckler-Koch MP5 has been replaced with the lighter G36.
In Humberside, the police have asked Honda to design a new motorcycle, probably because officers must be able to lift their bike off the ground to qualify for the motorcycle unit. Therefore if women can't lift it, it's too heavy.
Not only equipment but training, working hours, and uniforms have been changed in an attempt to feminize the police force. Cheshire Constabulary has changed its entry requirements and training in an attempt "to make it less macho."
Fitness tests are being altered so that women can pass them, begging the question of why they bother with tests that are rigged so that everybody passes. Maybe it builds officers' self-esteem. They're going to need it when they go out and try to do a job for which they aren't physically equipped.
On a tip from V the K.
