P1 Exclusive: Odd man out at the Women’s Seminar

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'About five years ago, Calibre Press began holding Street Survival Seminars that are conducted specifically for female law enforcement officers. The seminars are held twice a year, one in Las Vegas, NV and the other in Atlantic City, N.J. For the past four years I’ve been the third wheel – the odd-man-out if you will – as the sole male instructor. The Lead Instructor and architect of this seminar is Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith who also happens to be one of the five instructors for the other 40-plus Seminars we conduct annually.
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First, that there seems to be something inherently unfair about having a seminar that is titled: Street Survival for Female Officers while there is no seminar titled: Street Survival: Here’s One for Da-Guys. I then point out that 80 – 85 percent of the attendees in the other 30+ Street Survival seminars are males, and in all my years as an instructor I’ve never had a guy walk up and say that we need to have some “me time” with other male cops. The second issue involves their curiosity about what – exactly – is talked about in the Women’s Seminar.'