It looked liked a fairly straight-forward example of how systemic sexism forced a female officer who wanted to be on street duty into record keeping. If time o

It looked liked a fairly straight-forward example of how systemic sexism forced a female officer who wanted to be on street duty into record keeping. If time on the 100 yard dash were that important to policing, it would be part of the physical requirements - requirements that the woman would have had to pass in order to get to this stage in the interview process. For example, https://www.uscp.gov/police-officer-training-preparing-physical-abilities-test https://www.uscp.gov/police-officer-training-preparing-physi... says their Physical Abilities Test - which includes a 375 slalom run - must be finished in 3m52s and "The time is the same for both males and females regardless of age." Recall too that Kathrine Switzer was assaulted in 1967 for being a woman running in the Boston Marathon. Women at the time were deemed "physiologically incapable" or "too fragile" to run a marathon. That's only 4 years before Dirty Harry came out, and would have definitely been part of general cultural awareness. Note that the portrayed candidate would have started on the force even before Switzer's real-life run. Also, you'll notice there was a men's quota too - 5 men and 3 women.