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Jessie Dean
Jessie Dean was the first female Chief Inspector of Leeds City Police, gaining the title in 1955. She set up the first Women’s Section of the Leeds City Police Force.
She followed the patrol model of policing, developed during the First World War to regulate streets and public places. Barbara Denis de Vitré OBE[2] described her as "keen, go ahead and controlling her department very well."[3]
- ^ "Ripon Museums". Ripon Museums. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
- ^ "Barbara Denis de Vitré", Wikipedia, 2019-08-18, retrieved 2020-11-22
- ^ Jackson, Louise (2017-10-03). Women police: Gender, welfare and surveillance in the twentieth century. Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1-5261-3027-3.