A gender problem: Why aren't female cops getting a fair shot?

Police departments can do more to decrease gender disparities and make policing more attractive to women, experts say. Photo: Samanta Lam/Unsplash

Captain Vivian Coley is familiar with being a rarity.

The first Black female captain in the Camden County Police Department in New Jersey, Coley raised her three kids as a single mum for most of her career.