For Immediate Release: July 16, 2021

Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment to Host Virtual Webinar on Women in Policing

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) - The Office of Law Enforcement Recruitment (LER) will host a webinar on women in policing.

With insufficient research on the understanding of unique challenges that female officers face and how to overcome these challenges, LER will bring individual experiences of women in uniform to the forefront by engaging in discussion centered on race and gender as it applies to women in policing.

WHO:

Panelists include:

LER Director and Copley Police Department Officer Sarah Shendy

Ohio State University Police Department Chief Kimberly Spears-McNatt

Kent State University Police Department Officer Diane Dudziak

Center for Policing Equity Implementation Specialist and former Cleveland Police Department Sergeant Charmin Leon

Hocking College Police Department Chief Tiffany Tims

Anjolie Harland, research analyst with the Office of Criminal Justice Services, will serve as moderator of the webinar.

WHERE:  Register Link

WHEN:     Monday, July 19, 2021 Noon – 1:30 p.m.

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Contact: China Dodley, (614) 466-2551

CLDodley@dps.ohio.gov