Female Police Officers (1985)
Folks
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Newsmagazine
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 1985-11-17
Duration: 00:08:17
Subjects: Law Enforcement | Policewomen | Baton Rouge Police Department | Lafayette Police Department
Contributors:
- Hinton, Rob Host
- Miceli, Brenda Interviewee
- Butler, Barbara Interviewee
- Richard, Terri Interviewee
- Griffin, Bernadette Interviewee
Description
This segment from the November 17, 1985, episode of the series “Folks” features Rob Hinton’s profile of four female police officers – Brenda Miceli and Barbara Butler of the Baton Rouge Police Department and Terri Richard and Bernadette Griffin of the Lafayette Police Department. They discuss: why they wanted to become police officers; working in a male-dominated field; the impact of the job on their personal lives; and people’s reactions to dealing with a female cop.