Women are the key to impactful policing | Opinion

Camden police women op-ed

Janell Simpson, front and center, is the Camden County Police Department's first Latina deputy chief in the city history. The women behind her make up 20% of the female command staff in the department.

By Gabriel Rodriguez

We saw shocking new data from the state’s 30,505 active and full-time police officers last month: just over 10% are female and nearly 89% are male, according to a report analyzing personnel data on the demographics of law enforcement by the state Attorney General’s Office.




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