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Female Police Officers and Maternity Leave

ABSTRACT

***** police officers, much like female firefighters ***** females in the military, are a fairly recent development and evolution in history that was long overdue and met with some resistance initially. While females have experienced and overcome barriers to entry in numerous occupations, female police *****, female *****, and females ***** ***** military have had to deal with a culture and mentality that ***** (and still is to ***** degree) so firmly entrenched, i.e., the good old boys network taken to its extreme. Although certain individuals in society may believe that females should be excluded from becom*****g police officers, firefighters, or from joining the ***** due to their perceived emotional *****/***** physical weakness, the reality is that countless females ***** as qualified, if not more qual*****ied, than their male counterparts. In addition, once a fe***** becomes a police officer, firefighter, or joins the milit*****ry, she will ***** with and conquer ***** exact same challenges as the men, i.e., her li*****, like the lives of *****, will be put on the line each ***** every single work day.

This paper analyzes and examines the issue of female police *****ficers ***** maternity leave. In Part II, ***** history of women ***** police ********** is discussed. ***** III examines the Family Medical Leave Act and its assorted advantages and dis*****. In Part IV, the maternity leave policies of eight police departments within ***** United States and two ***** departments from outside the ***** States are out*****d.

Part V reviews short-term *****ability insurance. Lastly, this ***** concludes with proposals for improving and maintaining the current policies which govern female police officers and maternity *****.

***** Police Officers and Maternity Leave

I. INRODUCTION

***** police officers, much ***** ***** firefighters and ***** in the military, are a ***** recent ***** and ***** in history that was long ***** and met with some resistance *****. While females have experienced and overcome barriers to entry in numerous occupations, female police officers, female *****, and females ***** ***** military have had to deal with a culture ***** ment*****lity that ***** (and still is to some degree) so firmly *****, i.e., the good ***** boys network taken to ***** *****. Although certain individuals in society may believe ***** females should be excluded from becoming police officers, firefighters, or from joining ***** ***** due to their perceived emotional *****/***** physical *****, the reality ***** that countless females are as qualified, if not ***** qualified, than their male counterparts. In addition, once a female becomes a police officer, firefighter, or joins the military, ***** will deal with and conquer the exact ***** challenges ***** the men, i.e., ***** life, like the ***** of men, will be put on the line each ***** every single work *****.

This paper analyzes and examines the issue of ***** police ***** ***** ***** leave. In Part II, ***** his*****ry of wo***** as ***** *****ficers is discussed. Part ***** examines the Family ***** Leave Act and its *****sorted advantages