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Women in Policing
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Opportunities for women in policing have become more and more available as we move more towards a true, equally diverse workforce.
The CMPD Women's Network
The CMPD Women's Network was established in December 1998 by the Executive Staff of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Originally called the "Mentoring Committee," the group was formed in order to aid the department in retaining women police recruits throughout their police academy training. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department recognized and understood that there are issues that pertain exclusively to women. The newly formed committee worked within the Department to address gender related issues pertaining to recruitment, retention, promotion, and policy
The group was chaired by ranking women members of the CMPD who regularly met with and mentored women recruits throughout their basic law enforcement training. By offering guidance and support to women police officers at the onset of recruit training, they assisted with the professional development of women as they entered and continued in the challenging profession of policing. With support from the academy staff and the Department, recruiting and retaining qualified women in hopes of building a police department that is gender representative of the community it serves, is now a reality.
The committee changed it's name to the 'CMPD Women's Network' to more accurately reflect the nature of the work. The Network now facilitates the professional development of women through the work of several subcommittees.
The Network's Organization consists of Executive Sponsors and a Network Chair that oversee the duties and activities of the 10 Sub-Committees that make up the Network. The Executive Sponsors and the Network Chair work together to offer support and guidance for the Committees and produce an annual report for the CMPD Command Staff.
- Recruiting Committee researches the best practices for recruiting women and provides information to CMPD Recruitment Staff. This committee also maintains statistics on the recruitment of CMPD women.
- Retention Committee meets regularly with women recruits and mentors recruits through their probationary period. This committee also maintains statistics on the retention of CMPD women.
- Promotion Committee provides guidance and support for women participating in promotional processes and maintains statistics on promotions of CMPD women.
- Community Service Committee plans and implements two annual community service projects.
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