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In episode 2, Amanda is admonished by a policewoman for doing the splits in the station.
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
Gugu Mbatha-Raw radiates steely competence as a policewoman overseeing things from a multi-screen control room—any movie of this ilk worth its salt needs that kind of omniscient observer.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Nicole Briese, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
She was also found guilty of disorderly conduct for supposedly trying to seduce an undercover policewoman named Margaret Leonard, who’d been assigned to entrap her.
—Kellie B. Gormly, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2025
Brady’s and Benson’s questioning styles vary greatly — Brady is fairly blunt, and Benson is all huggy-soft-voice-let-me-get-you-tea — and the two policewomen have it out during a break in questioning.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Apr. 2025
Gugu Mbatha-Raw radiates steely competence as a policewoman overseeing things from a multi-screen control room—any movie of this ilk worth its salt needs that kind of omniscient observer.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Policewoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policewoman. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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policewoman
noun
po·lice·wom·an
pə-ˈlē-ˌswu̇m-ən 
: a woman who is a police officer
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