NSW policewomen outnumber men in mounted unit after slow start

It is the longest-running mounted police unit in the world, but the first women only joined the New South Wales Mounted Police Unit in 1982.

Despite their slow start, women now dominate the unit —established in 1825 — with 25 female officers to seven men.

Senior Constable Emma Dickens is one of those women.

She described the role as her dream job.

"I always had a massive love of horses, and it was my mum that actually suggested, 'Maybe one day you might want to get paid to ride horses,'" she said.

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Article written by: Kathleen Ferguson