Chicago, IL —In the very early 1970’s policewomen were encouraged to integrate with policemen on routine patrol.  Before then they only wore adorable little uniforms like airline stewardesses of the day.  Skirts, high heels and they kept their little guns in their uniform policewomen purses.  They were viewed as eye candy. Policewomen searched female prisoners, changed diapers of arrestee’s babies and were assigned to the juvenile division.    Today there are very few policewomen anywhere.   The unisex term of police officer has replaced any reference to gender. For patrol they were put in what today is the unisex uniform.   The women essentially changed into the policeman’s uniform.   There were some minor compromises for the tailor to accommodate the differences in the policewomen’s bodies.   Otherwise the uniform is identical. In Chicago during this period there were 14,000 sworn officers and only about 90 of them were women. ...