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Sheila Ward (born c.1936) is a retired British police officer.

She was the first female police officer in the Metropolitan Police in London to hold the post of Station Inspector, commanding a police station in Kings Cross.[1] She was appointed following the disbandment of the separate Women's Branch and the integration of women into the general force in 1973. She ended her career as a Chief Superintendent in command of the Community Relations Branch.[2] Ward was also a self-defence instructor.

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  1. ^ "Lib Triumphs at Scotland Yard", The Milwaukee Sentinel, 14 February 1973
  2. ^ "New Policing Responses to Crimes Against Women and Children"


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