The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1913. WOMEN POLICE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 69, 26 July 1913, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1913. WOMEN POLICE.

Canada, whose first women police were appointed last year at Vancouver, is taking kindly to the idea, and women 'police have now been appointed in jtliree more cities—Toronto, Ottawa, land Hamilton. These women, most of Iwhom have served an apprenticeship in reform work and proved their capacity, are nominated by the women's councils, but appointed and paid by the city. They have an officlial status aiiu* will probably in course of time

] evolve a police uniform for themselves, though this is one of the details yet unsettled; they wear a police badge, and carefully watch both the stations land the streets, combining a good ! deal of preventive work with the sadider part of their duties The police :&»ve welcomed the assistance of these I women, recognising that they deal with many cases where men would be at a Joss, and their appreciation increases with experience. Toronto has succeeded in establishing a women's [court, which has been in full work for several months, where all women's cases are tried and men are not admitted either as spectators or reporters. The Council feel that the schfme has much to. recommend it. One very practical reason for objecting to the trial of women in the ordinary .police court was that among the men jwho haunted them were those who took note of attractive women prisoners, watched for their release from prison, and threw every difficulty in the way of their reformation. Such a scheme might with advantage be (Undertaken in at least the four large centres of the Dominion.