“Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman. An officer is constantly adjusting her mental and physical perceptions of events that can shift at a moment's notice. That's what a woman told police about why she allegedly started a fire in the basement of a Tyler Street home last weekend. It can be immensely satisfying to know that your work serves a greater good. Gloria Kahn, 21, is being held for a mental health evaluation in the case. Shortly after 2 p.m. Feb. 10, police were sent to Tyler Street for a report of a building fire. Police work offers many personally rewarding moments, but the knowledge that what you do will hopefully help scores of people, in the long run, is perhaps the greatest intangible reward. John Cleese, famous for his outrageous turns in the “Monty Python” series and films, is now outraging trans advocates and users on Twitter after sending out a flurry of tweets over the weekend questioning trans rights, and defending “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. "Deep down, I want to be a Cambodian police woman," Cleese, who is best known for Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, responded in a quote-tweet. In that time I had 3 permanent partners. I was a Patrolman on the Streets of St Louis for the better part of a decade. Everytime I voice out complaints against police practices, people tell me I have no idea what the job is like because I'm not in the uniform risking my life everyday. The first three years I worked patrol (and even later at times) when I would get a radio call with a male officer, I knew another male officer would come to back him up to protect him in case I didn't. Police Officers Are Proud to Serve Their Communities . The women in the study are promised anonymity, Todak said, because to speak publicly about their harassment "would turn a woman into a pariah" … Police Woman was the first hour-long television drama starring a woman. Do you actually think there is some deep conspiracy to turn people ‘against their genders’? Performing justice the right way and making sure that the laws of the government are obeyed is the job that I want to pursue. For the last few years I've really disliked the police, and I've decided that I need to get past this somehow. There would be a number of skills I would need to learn, not to mention that every day on the job would be a learning experience itself. "Is that allowed, or am I being unrealistic?" It was very annoying to realize that the accepted thought process was that because someone had male genitalia, he was automatically qualified for the job, but no woman ever was. Dickinson received three Emmy nominations [3] and a Golden Globe award on the show. Being a Police Officer is a challenging job but also very rewarding. Whether it's taking complaints, counseling a runaway girl or helping an elderly person, there's no such thing as a routine call, as the National Center for Women & Policing notes. 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