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Merely a year later, the two womens opinions differed, and the organisation became the Womens Police Service to maintain decency and morality among women, with female officers enforcing. Alice served twice in the Metropolitan Police: from 1919 to 1922, and then from late 1922 to 1930. Yet the specialist nature of Heres the story of Sislin Fay Allen. You can view the full record here. Chief Superintendent Niall Hayden-Pawson said: I am delighted that GMP has exceeded its recruitment target and I welcome the new officers who have joined through the Police Uplift Programme. not having powers of arrest) to serve in the Women Police Patrols, led by Superintendent Sofia Stanley. 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