WHEN NSW Police first opened up positions to women there were 500 applicants but only two were chosen for the job.
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Now, 100 years later, women make up about 35 per cent of the police force.
To celebrate their rise through the ranks over the past century, a state-wide relay will be coming to Albury.
Senior Constable Janene Knobel took a step back in time yesterday donning the female uniform, which women first wore in 1948.
Sen-Constable Knobel said female officers used to wear skirts and carry firearms in their leather workbags.
Domestic violence liaison officer Alicia Langman has been part of the NSW Police Force for 15 years and said it was good to see how women were involved in more areas of policing.
“Now in NSW Police, women are in every organisational unit from surveillance to operational support, weapons instructing,” she said.
“We offer different skills to males, sometimes people will open up better to a female, so women and men complement each other.”
A custom-made baton will arrive at Noreuil Park tomorrow at 11.30am and carried by nine female runners, it will make its way to QEII Square.
Sen-Constable Langman said everyone was welcome to a join them for a barbecue and see interactive displays from 10am to 2pm at QEII Square.