i wouldnt be worried bout the academy bein a chick, sister went threw a few years back, shes all of 5"2 and 50 kilo, tough little bitch tho

both sister and brother in law are both cops, both hated the traffic/beat stuff.
They both were ready to quit but were promoted to positions where ya dont have to deal with dirty little natives spitting into ure mouth <as someone said before>

defaintely room for promotion as far as i can see, but it takes time, no matter how good you are at your job, you can only go up in ranks after time.

forensics DEFINATELY not easy to get into, another thing the older sis tried to get do, had a degree in forensic sciences and part time worked for the forensic cop guy at UWA and still wasnt accepted.

I think theres way to much internal politics when it comes to promotions inside the police force.

either way not for me, i enjoy breakin the law too much to try and enforce it