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Article: UNITED KINGDOM: MOD POLICE OFFICER BOOSTS AFGHAN FEMALE POLICE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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LONDON, Oct. 15 -- The government of United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence issued the following news release:
MOD police officer Isabella McManus is the first British female police officer to work in Afghanistan training and mentoring the Afghan National Police. Since her arrival the number of women who want to join Afghanistan's Police Force has doubled.
Isabella McManus has been in the MOD Police for 22 years but decided to give herself a new challenge and volunteered to serve in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, as a mentor and advisor to the local police force.
Explaining how she became so involved with female recruits in particular, Ms McManus said:
"It wasn't my job to start ...