Editing Grantham (section)

===Women's police force===
Grantham was first after London to recruit and train women police officers. It was the first provincial force to ask the newly formed Corps of Women's Police Volunteers to supply them with occasional policewomen, recognising them as useful for dealing with women and juveniles. In December 1914 Miss Damer Dawson, the Chief of the Corps, came to Grantham to supervise the preliminary work of the women police. Officers stationed there were Miss Allen and Miss Harburn.<ref>''Grantham Journal'', 19 December 1914.</ref> In 1915, Grantham magistrates swore in [[Edith Smith (police officer)|Edith Smith]], making her the first policewoman in Britain with full powers of arrest.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lincolnshire/4610200.stm |title=Town remembers first policewoman |work=BBC News |date=13 January 2006 |access-date=1 March 2011}}</ref>