THE FAIREST OF THE FINEST

e [Music] the girl's name is Mary [Music] Dolan all of this girl purse Judo hold police was planned to catch a Pur snatcher operating in this neighborhood for several weeks used the fisherman's technique dangle bait see if he'll take it the purse contained one item he hadn't figured on a badge issued to policewoman Mary Dolan city of New York law enforcement in this city of 8 million requires more than 19,000 police largest force in the world scrupulously trained to cope with anything from misdemeanors to murder these men renowned as New York's finest give the city an efficient hard-hitting organization whose Feats are legendary an important arm of the force associated with it since 1888 are the police women 187 strong headed by Irene Peters in command of the Bureau of police women here she confers with Edith Wittenberg of the juvenile Aid Bureau 53 police women have college degrees more than 100 are married 29 to policemen Edith Wittenberg is a hunter college graduate is married to police Sergeant Henry Wittenberg Olympic lweight wrestling champion they live with their two children in the [Music] Bronx what do police women look like here are some types director Peters can cast housewife grandmother shop girl factory worker Glamour Girl New York's police academy is the training base for new police women to get here they must be high school graduates 21 to 29 with two years of training in an Allied field and have passed rigid Civil Service examinations written physical and medical such a candidate is Nancy Elizabeth Jones 28 of Staten Island police women frequently answer complaints about fortune tellers and assorted Voodoo artists the class learned some of the tricks of these illegal trades for example a fortune teller is wired for sound metal heels make the contact the wiring goes to earphones concealed under the turban questions are secretly passed to an accomplice he transmits this information to the Swami through the heel earphone circuit the women officer function is plain clothed detectives in every type of crime theft fraud narcotics shoplifting even murder this mannequin carries 19 murder Clues the class must find them all Nancy's schooling is thorough she learns the art of fingerprinting she watches scientific detection in New York's famed police laboratory and she Masters the nomenclature mechanics and operation of something she'll carry on her purse along with such morale Builders as Rouge and lipstick at all times a 32 caliber [Music] revolver he must score at least 70 on the Range Nancy is only 52 A2 weighs a mere 111 lb but she like all police women must know how to defend herself expert Department instructors teach the students the art of Judo which permits a small person to subdue an untrained big [Music] one the student officer gets to know all about her police force she's taken to the local police lineup to look at suspects and she learns the details of this operation [Music] [Applause] [Music] after 3 months of training Nancy accompanied by a veteran policewoman is assigned to the juvenile Aid Bureau next to matron Duty in one of the female detention precincts [Music] then to a more demanding assignment a store in downtown Manhattan has been plagued by shoplifters the manager calls on the police for help Nancy knows the law Waits until a woman leaves the store the thief protests until she sees the badge the evidence is there Nancy has made her first arrest her reward is a tougher assignment Central Park a Masher has been annoying women there he's careful operates only in deserted [Music] areas Nancy closely watched by police and detectives hidden nearby is the decoy [Music] this will put Romeo out of commission for a [Music] while 3 months later the big day police Police Commissioner William P O'Brien presides as ny's class graduates Chief Inspector August W fla and director Peter watch as the commissioner introduces the former mayor of New York William OWI the mayor in one of his last acts before resigning to become ambassador to Mexico welcomes the graduates to the department then commissioner O'Brien announces the award of the class trophy the winner girl in the class gets the biggest prize of all congratulations to policewoman Nancy Elizabeth Jones one of the first of the finest