Anonymous Coward
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 United Kingdom
01/13/2018 05:17 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Police dog tests are too hard for women: Forces must change handler fitness test after female Pc wins £15,000 damages A female police officer has been awarded £15,000 after failing a grueling fitness test to become a dog handler and now forces across the country will have to change their exam. Constable Kim-Louise Carter had to complete a ten-mile run and then carry a dog named Hulk who weighed five and a half stone (35kg) over a course, in wet and muddy conditions. She claimed that the test put women at a disadvantage because it was too physically tough to pass as she struggled to keep up with her male equivalents.Miss Carter, 31 won a landmark sex-discrimination case proving that the system to become a dog handler was too demanding for some women.Read more: [ link to www.dailymail.co.uk] Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
Anonymous Coward
User ID: 72450997
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01/13/2018 07:39 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Police dog tests are too hard for women: Forces must change handler fitness test after female Pc wins £15,000 damages Dogs should not be used for police or military work. Not in harms way. Period.
And if there is a valid reason for the test requirement and you don't pass, too bad! |
Anonymous Coward
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01/13/2018 07:42 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Police dog tests are too hard for women: Forces must change handler fitness test after female Pc wins £15,000 damages That's sexist ! |
Anonymous Coward
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01/13/2018 07:44 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Police dog tests are too hard for women: Forces must change handler fitness test after female Pc wins £15,000 damages This is clearly misogyny.
The male dog should have realised that she was struggling and let the feeble little woman ride on his back like a horsie through the assult course. |
Anonymous Coward
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01/13/2018 07:45 AM
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Report Copyright Violation | Re: Police dog tests are too hard for women: Forces must change handler fitness test after female Pc wins £15,000 damages Dogs should not be used for police or military work. Not in harms way. Period.
And if there is a valid reason for the test requirement and you don't pass, too bad!
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 72450997 I agree, but it's a bit sexist to refer to women as 'dogs' imo. |
