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Originally Posted by judicial clerk

I think that, man or woman, the big mistake is having one guard for a inmate, especially one who is not shackled. Especially, especially one who exhibited high risk behavior (smuggling the shank). I would have sent three or four deputies, regardless of sex or size.

I wouldn't be suprised if there wasn't even a physical fitness test as part of the hiring process to get this job as a deputy.

My wife is a probation officer who carries a badge and all the paraphenalia ( gun, cuffs, asp). She takes defensive tactics courses on how to subdue people who resist arrest. None of the tactics she learns work on me, and I doubt she could withstand a punch from me.

So should women be cops or guards? To say no would be chauvenist, but to say yes either means that physical fitness and ability can play no part in the job or to pretend that women can meet the same physical fitness and ability standards as men.

Dola,

Considering what it takes to get through the academy, gender is not important.