Recruiting and Retaining Female Employees in Campus Security and Law Enforcement

So, how can a K-12 school district, college campus, or healthcare facility recruit and then retain its female officers? To find out, three campus public safety and security veterans we interviewed: University of Illinois Chief of Police Alice Cary, Los Angeles School Police Department Chief Leslie Ramirez, and SRMC Consultant Marilyn Hollier.

In the interview, Cary, Ramirez, and Hollier cover:

  • Additional reasons why campus public safety departments should hire more women – 2:30

  • Why more women aren’t in campus law enforcement and security – 6:23

  • Some of the strategies they’ve adopted to not only recruit women, but also ways to make female officers successful in their careers so that they will stay in campus security and policing – 11:09

  • Creating an environment that is attractive to potential female officers – 19:43

  • How men can support women in security and law enforcement – 31:50

Lynda Buel