Trees Keultjes

Trees Keultjes (15 February 1926 – 20 January 2022) was a Dutch police officer. In 1953 she was one of the first ever female Dutch police officers.

Biography
She worked as a typist. In 1953 three female officers were hired, the first ever female Dutch police officers. There was a lot of media attention of her first public appearance. The other two female colleagues had to quit when they got married, Keultjes remained unmarried and continued to work as a policewoman, but later as a detective. As the first female agent, she maintained media interest. For instance after her 25 years of service in 1978, she had a main interview for Trouw in 1999.

Keultjes died in Oss on 20 January 2022, at the age of 95. At the end 2022 she was highlited in the NOS television programm "Uit het leven 2022"; a programm with an overview of people who died in 2022.

References

Category:Dutch people
Category:Police officers
Category:1926 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:People from Oss
Category:Place of death missing