MINNEAPOLIS - The Minneapolis Police Department has unveiled a new effort aimed at getting more women to join the police force.
The five-minute video on social media and features Chief Janee Harteau and several other female officers talking about the many hats they wear, both on the job and in their own homes. "I am a woman in the MPD," the officers say at the end of the video.
Breaking the News' Adrienne Broaddus talked with Chief Harteau and other women in the department about the effort and why the push to get for women in blue.