Herod is spot on. My missus agrees with him 100%.
The level required for a specialist role is just that, the level required. However the second thread starter stated a general whine about women in the military or the police. That’s wrong. Merseyside had one standard during her training.
Back to rubbishing this police dog nonsense, remember, the RAF fitness test always had split levels. I could never understand why it was ESSENTIAL for a male to be able to reach level 10.5 in order to do a job, when a female could do it at 6.6........... It’s the same job!!
The reason? It’s a general filter to exclude lardarses. The police don’t actually NEED that level, it just filters. That is why the girls CAN have a lower limit for some posts. It’s wrong of course, but it does sort of explain why they can.