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mm hmm, mm hmm. For almost two years, these women have been a part of a pilot project to determine whether or not they can function as highway patrol officers. They have proven that women can make it if given a chance. There were 40 female candidates when

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they embarked on the quest. 20 are now achieving their goal here today California Highway Patrol Commissioner Glenn Craig tells me because of a higher dropout rate with the women, they are more expensive to train. But he says he has certain these costs can be cut. With

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the experience gained during this training session. The program is very rigorous, very hard. They want to make sure that you are going to be very qualified when you do get out physically. Of course, the women had to work a lot harder than the men in the

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academy. My own particular area was a physical area. I mean that really was the hardest, most complicated and rigorous program I've ever run in my life. It's hard. But at the same time if you apply yourself and if you really want the position, you can get

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it. It's like any other job. You just have to take it as you go and work for what you want. If it means a lot to you, you'll make it some of the male officers here. Tell me at first they had mixed feelings about working with

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female officers. But the women have proven that they can do the work that they too can be counted on as a fully capable partner in sacramento Melba Beals, Channel Four News