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Women
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Sex
and Race Composition of
Sonoma County Police Forces 
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Data compiled
by Women's Justice Center November 2001
| Sworn
Officers |
Total
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Female
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Latino
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Afr-
Amer
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Nat-Amer
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Asian
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| Sheriff's
Department |
215
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18
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10
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4
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2
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2
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| Santa
Rosa Police |
176
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16
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10
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3
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3
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0
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| Petaluma
Police |
51
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7
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4
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0
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0
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1
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| Rohnert
Park Police |
61
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1
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3
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1
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1
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5
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| Sebastopol
Police |
15
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0
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| Healdsburg
Police |
16
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1
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0
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0
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1
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0
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| Cotati |
11
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0
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0
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1
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0
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0
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| Sonoma
Police |
15
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4
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0
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1
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0
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0
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| Windsor |
17
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0
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4
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0
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0
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1
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| Cloverdale
Police |
11
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1
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0
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0
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0
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0
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Totals |
588
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49
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32
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10
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7
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1
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Notes:
- The year 2,000 U.S.
Census finds Sonoma County Hispanic population to be 17.3% of
total, Females 51% of total
- The 1998 national
average of female sworn officers on our nation's police forces
was 14%, Sonoma County average today is only 8% females, up only
three percentage points from five years ago.
- Santa Rosa Police
Department has never had a female in any position of rank, 12
female officers have left SRPD since 1996.
- White males make up
only 40% of Sonoma County's population, but overwhelmingly control
the county's police powers.
- District Attorney
Mike Mullins refused to answer a Public Record Act request to
give sex and race data on his deputies.
- Sources inside the
DA's office, however, say there has not been even one minority
race deputy district attorney in the last ten years.
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