Nashville Police Department drops ability test requirement in order to increase its female force from 13% to 30% .
MNPD will also allow more flexible working schedules in addition to the preexisting maternity leave and sick days.
Director Tiffany Gibson is the first female director of training for the MNDP.
-- "It's a male-dominated profession," some Metro Police Trainee told WSMV, as though that fact automatically makes the whole idea of policing somehow suspect.
And why does Metro Nashville need a force that's 30% female?
Why not 42%?
Or some other arbitrary figure?
If 100% of this year's crop of MNPD recruits are female and able to meet the mental and physical requirements of the job, then 100% of this year's inductees to the force are going to be women — and that wouldn't be a problem because they meet the requirements.