W.Va. State Police Lacking Female Troopers

W.Va. State Police Lacking Female Troopers
Posted: 8:37 AM Jan 26, 2009


BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) - State Police say fewer than 3 percent of
West Virginia's troopers are female.

Of West Virginia's 656 state troopers, 17 - or about 2.6 percent
- are women, according to information provided by State Police
Capt. T.L. Phillips. Another 22 positions are available, but no
women are in the current cadet class.


According to federal Department of Labor statistics, about 17
percent of the nation's patrol officers, detectives and criminal
investigators, along with "first-line" police and detective