Florida Highway Patrol Looking For Female Troopers
POSTED: Sunday, June 4, 2006
MIAMI -- The Florida Highway Patrol is looking for a few good women.Actually, it's looking for a lot of women to become troopers. The agency recently launched an aggressive campaign aimed at encouraging women to join its ranks.Of the Florida Highway Patrol's 1,650 troopers, only about 12 percent are women.The agency held a job fair in Orlando last month designed specifically to attract women. About 41 women showed up.In general, experts say law enforcement agencies across the country are seeing lower numbers in their female ranks.
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