The number of female officers in the NYPD has grown to 21%, but a closer look shows that the women now serving in the most elite units of the department are also on the rise and drawing attention.
The women of the NYPD who work in many of the department’s elite units have roughly 150 years between them.
“You’re seeing more and more that they are capable just as much as males. Why not?” said Giselle Rodriguez of the NYPD…