Sheila Ward

British police officer (1936–2019)

Sheila Ward (1936–2019) was a British police officer and the first female officer in the Metropolitan Police in London to hold the post of station inspector, commanding a police station in Kings Cross.[1] She was appointed following the disbandment of the separate Women's Branch and the integration of women into the general force in 1973. She ended her career as a chief superintendent in command of the Community Relations Branch.[2] Ward was also a self-defence instructor.

Footnotes

  1. ^ "British Police Are Facing Female Chauvinism", Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 5 July 1974
  2. ^ "New Policing Responses to Crimes Against Women and Children"


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