Female Crimefighters (Jigidi) Mystery Cache

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Women have played a significant role in the law enforcement community. In addition to being law enforcement officers, sheriffs, police chiefs, and detectives they have also been medical examiners, forensic specialists, crime scene specialists and lab technicians.

Following are just a few of them:

(These remarkable women shattered stereotypes, proving that strength, leadership, and justice know no gender boundaries. Today, approximately 73,000 women serve as law enforcement officers, constituting 11.6% of the total)

Constance Kopp became the first female sheriff in the United States. Her story continues to inspire, and she serves as the inspiration for Amy Stewart’s novel, Girl Waits with Gun. Constance Kopp’s courage and determination shattered barriers, proving that women could excel in law enforcement even when faced with powerful adversaries. Constance Amelie Kopp (1878–1931) holds the distinction of being America’s first female Under Sheriff. Her remarkable life story is filled with courage, determination, and a commitment to justice. n 1916, Constance Kopp was officially hired as New Jersey’s first female deputy sheriff. Before this, she had served as a jail matron and captured an escaped fugitive at a Brooklyn subway stop in late 1915

Frances Glessner Lee had a great influence in developing forensic science in USA and she is now regarded as “the godmother of forensic science”. She used the feminine art of miniatures in an unconventional way, to create, at doll house scale and in accurate minute details, 20 real crime scenes, useful to for training investigators. She revolutionized police work and was the most famous criminologist of her time.

Laura Pettler is one of the world’s most expert in crime scene staging and domestic violence homicide.She founded an institute that offers some educational programs and represents the only victim-centered scientific death investigations firm in the world.

Marcella Farinelli Fierro, former Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia and consultant for the National Crime Information Center inspired “Kay Scarpetta,” the protagonist of Patricia Cornwell crime novels.

Lola Greene Baldwin was appointed in 1908, in Portland, Oregon, as the superintendent of the Women’s Protective Division (WPD), making her the nation’s first policewoman¹. Lola’s pioneering role laid the groundwork for other women to follow in her footsteps. Lola's grave is one of the stops in the Adventure Lab, "HerStory Honoring Oregon's Trailblazing Women".

Penny E. Harrington (1942–2021) made history as the first female chief of the Portland Police Bureau. making her the first female to head a major police department in the United States.^[2]Her appointment in 1985 marked her as the first woman to head a major U.S. city police department'

Cathy Lynn Lanier, born in 1967, became the first woman to hold the position of chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPDC). She was appointed by Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty in 2007, replacing outgoing police chief Charles H. Ramsey

Kathy Reichs is a forensic anthropologist and professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She collaborated with FBI, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in North Carolina and with the Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale for the province of Québec and contributed to the identification of World War II and World Trade Center remains. She has transferred her casework experience into her forensic thrillers and has become a famous crime writer.Now, assemble the jigsaw puzzle to get started.

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