The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-04-22
POliceWOmen.

One Mrs. Blake has recently written
letter to a partially esteemed conten-
porary calling attention to, the 7,sys
tematic outrages on the sacredfless of
womanhood which are constantly per
petrated by .he police When . drunken
woman is arrested, she is arrested by 1
man; dragged to q police station, where
she is confronted by sergeant, who is
cell which is frequently in close pro1-
unity 70 other cells occupied by men.
From the moment that the policeman
lays his hand, except i'm kindness, ON
the intoxicated woman to the moment
when a masculine taller thrusts her into
a cell, the sacredness uof her : oman
hood is outraged. To remedy this pain.
full state of things, Mrs. Blahe proposes
that number of policewomen should
be appointed, whose business it should
be to take charge of women who are ar
rested, and to zee that the sacredness of
their womanhood is not outraged by
subjecting them to the gaze or handling
of policemen. This Is simple remedy,
and it will, of course, BE Immediately
adopted. ',zsrT susil.iY ~
Though Mrs. Blake contents herself
With demanding that policewomen shall
be employed at police stations in order
to take charge of women who have been
arrested, it is obvious thatspolicewomen
should also have the exclusive power to
arrest offenders of their own SEX 19If
the sacredness of woman must not be
outraged at a police station, it ought not
to he outraged in the street. We must,
therefore, have a double and bisexual
police force. The policemen will arrest
male offenders, aud the policewomen
will arrest women, and the arrest Of an y
person by an officer of another sex must
be declared unlawful. If women are
protected from policemen, men must be
protected from policewomen; otherwise,
the male drunkard will be liable to have
the sacredness of his manhood violated
by having a policewoman's hand laid on
his modest shoulder.
1 The adoption Of this plan would re-
quire the police authorities to double
the patrols. Every policeman, when
going on duty, would be required to
give his arm to policewonan and pa
troll his district in company with her.
Otherwise, there would be difficulty in
making prompt arrests. A policeman, 4,
uuQlug uTuUkcQ woman FQ1Stu E01Dg
the peace, might respectfully request he1
to wait while he called policewoman
to arrest her, but in all probability she
would not wait, and after tanning The
officer with his inability to outrage The
sacredness of her womanhood by lAying
his hand upon her, would retire to sal.
other precinct. II, however, the police.
man and policewoman were To hunt IN
couples they would not only be able te
arrest evil-doers with promptness and
propriety, but they wouldsexercise an
excellent influence on each oth er.s The
policeman would have his nnase Hire
mature purified and refined by assteia.
| .tion with the policewoman, and she
would gain strength and frmness ol
character from him. Just as Mrs. Belvi
Lockwood has purified the atmosphere
of the bar hy: becoming lgNYef, wo
men, if, admitted tor thet force, swoult
purify ans1ennobleitt tent tha;
| a policeman would 4 Il tlfs .mad adest,
1 and sweetness OF a. Young lady = 0ombineC
with the morality and manlfnAsssof St