A series of films about real lives now
A Policewoman's Lot
Policewoman Louise Ross , kicked unconscious as she broke up a fight among men brandishing broken glasses, was off work for a month. Louise is a probationary constable in the West
Midlands, which has 920 women officers. At one in seven of the force, it's the highest proportion in the country. Sixty-two women were injured in a year. Now there's a debate in the force itself about the role of women, especially in violent situations.
This film tells the women's stories:
Sheena Thomas , a sergeant at 27, who faces Chief
Constable Geoffrey Dear after holding the line during a tense demonstration;
Inspector Eileen Jones , the only woman in the firearms containment team; and Pamela Burrell , beat car driver in Handsworth, where fellow blacks have threatened her.
Photography DAVE BENNETT Sound TERRY LUCKING
Film editor DAVID ELLIOTT
Producer HARRY WEISBLOOM
40 Minutes editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF
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