Equality Collection (page 7)

Woman police officer undergoing driving training
Woman police officer on a driving course, sitting at the steering wheel with a male officer next to her in the passenger seat

Police officers at Driving School with car and motorcycles
Police officers at the Police Driving School with a car and motorcycles. At this time, training courses were being run for WPCs in the use of a new type of lightweight motor scooter

Women police officers in Nijmegen March, Holland
Women police officers of the Met Police, together with a small boy in police uniform and helmet, taking part in a Nijmegen March in Holland. Date: circa 1950s

Police officers in training session, London
Police officers, male and female, taking part in a training session under the instruction of a sergeant. Date: circa 1950s

Woman police officer at the wheel of a car, London
Woman police officer (Evelyn Walker) at the wheel of an open topped car, possibly during a training session, with a male officer in the passenger seat. Date: 1972

Woman police officer taking oath in court, London
Woman police officer taking the oath from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Woman police officer giving evidence in court, London
Woman police officer giving evidence from the witness box in a magistrates court, London. She is wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968. Date: circa late 1960s

Policewomen recruits measured for height, London
Policewomen recruits in civilian clothes being measured for height by a woman police officer (possibly Inspector Alice B Clayden). Another woman police officer watches from behind a desk

Women police officers in training at Peel House, London
Women police officers in training at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. They are wearing gym slips, and are receiving instructions from a male police sergeant (PS Bissell)

Women police officers on parade at Peel House, London
A group of women police officers, some of them sergeants, and some wearing medals, on parade in the yard of Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: 1929

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

Group photo, women police officers in hockey team
Group photo, women police officers in a policewomens hockey team. They include Chief Superintendent Barbara Lilian Kelley (centre, 1920-1998), Elizabeth McClelland, Mary Atkinson, Sylvia King

Woman police officer Ivy Cook in rowing team
Woman police officer Ivy Cook (far left) taking part in a rowing team, May 1931. She joined the Met Police in December 1930. Date: 1931

Woman police officer working at a police station, helping a woman visitor at the front desk. Date: circa early 1970s

Two women police officers working at Kingston police station. One of them is looking after a little girl, while the other is on the telephone. Date: circa early 1970s

Police officers at work, Hammersmith, London
Male and female police officers at work in Hammersmith Police Station, West London. A sergeant sits at a desk making notes. The woman on the right is Matron Mrs Collins

Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes, Lagos, Nigeria
Assistant Superintendent Betty Barnes (front row, centre), at the time of her posting to Lagos, Nigeria. She served with the Met Police from 1950 to 1975

Women police officers at Pembridge Hall Section House, WW2
Women police officers in the dining room at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. Date: circa 1940

Barbara Denis de Vitre, Assistant HMI, in Berlin, Germany
Assistant HMI (His/Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary) Barbara Denis de Vitre, on a postwar visit to Berlin, where she was an expert consultant on the employment of women in the German police

Three women police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three women police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Three police officers, Isle of Man, WW2
Three police officers in an informal group photo while serving at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War. Their duties included luggage checks and guarding internees

Women police officers in choir, Met Police, London
Group photo, women police officers in a womens choir, Met Police, London, with men in evening dress. Date: circa early 1960s

Woman police officer, Isle of Man, WW2
Woman police officer (WPS Ivy Baxter) of the Met Police during the Second World War. In July 1940 she was promoted from constable to sergeant and posted to the Isle of Man

Woman police officer off duty, Epsom, WW2
Woman police officer (WPC Ivy Baxter) off duty, while stationed at Epsom, Surrey, during the early part of the Second World War (spring 1940)

Woman police officer at Pembridge Hall Section House
Woman police officer doing her hair in a mirror, sitting in her bedroom at Pembridge Hall Section House, Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2

Women police officers off duty in Section House
Women police officers off duty, relaxing in the Section House. Date: 1919

Elizabeth House Hostel for women police cadets, London
Elizabeth House Hostel in Highgate, North London, acquired by the Met Police in 1951 for use as accommodation for women police cadets. Date: circa 1950s

Pembridge Hall Section House for women police officers, at 17 Pembridge Square, Bayswater, London W2. It opened in 1936. Date: circa 1930s

Group photo, male and female police officers, SN Centenary. Date: circa late 1970s

Group photo, women police officers, Met Police, Croydon
Group photo, seven women police officers, Met Police, Croydon Police Station. They are WPCs Pamela Allibone, Kay Parrott, Kathryn Neville, Margaret McNab, Jean Goodwin and Marian Sands

Group photo, women police officers, Westminster, London
Group photo of women police officers standing on Clive Steps, Westminster, London. At the front (left) is Superintendent Sophia Stanley

Chief Inspector Celia May Cundy, Met Police, London. Seen here sitting at her desk, working on documents with WPC Ethel Walker. Date: circa early 1970s

Group photo, male and female police officers, London
Group photo, male and female police officers on a Met Police CID training course for detective constables, taken on 13 March 1948

Two women police officers at Hammersmith, London
Two women police officers (Sylvia King and Sylvia Humphrey, one of them in plain clothes) at Hammersmith Police Station, West London, with a male sergeant sitting at a desk. Date: 1952

Two police officers on horseback, London
Two police officers, a man and a woman, on horseback in a London street. They are wearing protective helmets introduced in 1984. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1984

Four police officers on horseback, Central London
Four police officers, two men and two women, on horseback in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Two women police officers with horses, London
Two women police officers standing with their horses in a Central London street. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Two women police officers on horseback, London
Two women police officers on horseback in Central London. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Women police officers and others, Isle of Man, WW2
Four women police officers and others in a group photo at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War, where they were responsible for security, including luggage checks

Four women police officers doing luggage search, WW2
Four women police officers doing a luggage search at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Four women police officers having a tea break, WW2
Four women police officers having a tea break during a luggage search at an internment camp, Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Second World War

Woman police officer with horse, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) standing alongside her horse in a field. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Woman police officer on horseback, London
Woman police officer (Ruth Lindley) on horseback in Central London in front of a band of marching guardsmen. Women were appointed to the Mounted Branch in 1970. Date: circa 1977

Police officers with dogs, conducting a search, London
A group of police officers, male and female, belonging to the Special Patrol Group, with police dogs, conducting a search. The WPCs are wearing the Norman Hartnell uniform, introduced in 1968

Police officers preparing to conduct a search, London
A group of police officers (including June Paterson, left), belonging to the Special Patrol Group, preparing to conduct a search with the aid of police dogs

Woman police dog handler with drug sniffer dog, London
Woman police dog handler Sandra Kertzen with drug sniffer dog Snoopy in action, Met Police, London. The yellow labrador was one of the first to be trained by a WPC. (4 of 5) Date: 1971

Woman police dog handler with dog, London
Woman police officer and dog handler (Amanda Reed, nee Longden) with police dog Zircon, Met Police, London. (3 of 4) Date: circa 1978

Male and female police band members, London
Male and female police band members, Met Police, London, both in ceremonial uniform. The WPC in the foreground is holding a clarinet

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