“The only attribute of a good officer we amateurs had any real trouble to acquire,” said Allen, “was the correct, slow police step.”

#OnThisDay, 27 Nov 1914, Mary Allen and Ellen Harburn of the Women Police Volunteers reported for duty in Grantham, UK.

This is a 🧵 that takes a turn.

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