POLICE OLD BOYS CULTURE

On-line the CBC carried a story on January 31, 2017 titled "Calgary police officer resigns at emotionally-charged commission meeting". My God but police forces whether municipal, provincial or even federal (RCMP) still don't get it. Their male members high on testosterone, stupidity and low education in general still think that today's policing is solely about muscles and cowboy behaviour. How else does one explain the ongoing bullying and harassment of female officers? With equal training a female officer with a gun can do just as much damage to seriously bad people as a male officers. Possibly with equal training they can defuse many situations better without resorting to lethal weaponry. Possibly they can do the same with less training than their male counterparts. What makes virtually no sense to me is male police officers sniping, verbal harassment and then the clear lack of management intolerance for these internal attacks upon members. This fourteen year female veteran resigned at the public Calgary Police Commission meeting. Changes, not lip service, are required from the top down.