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As for the harassment complaints, he Creighton and she was required to shoot
said, "Obviously there's a difference of six hours a week in addition to 40 hours
opinion on that." of regular duties.
BUT, LAIS SAID, "I wish Pat well. I Oakes said no male officers were given
don't think the city is happy.We wish she similar deadlines for pistol qualification.
would have taken the job back." "There's no doubt in my mind I would
have quaiiiiid, at least as well as some
• • • of the men I know,"Mrs.Creighton said.
Pat Creighton's hiring as a policewom- BUT BY OCTOBER 1977, she had tto
an prompted several newspaper articles. stop shooting because of increasing dao
gun
One reported, "She packs a powderpuff, in her arm. In November, she was told
not a gun." status.she had to return to her work and train-
Mrs. Creighton, at 5 feet 2 inches
carry a gun and patrol the streets later did �mens compensation sschedule or go on sick leave or work-
in her career. But firearms training wasIt took doctors untiltlast September to
not offered the year she went to rookie diagnose her injury, which Oakes says
school,she said.
It was her lack of skill. with a gun thatcan happen to men who do that much shooting.
led to her unexpected retirement. Mrs. Creighton retired from the de-
REINSTATED AS A police officerinpartment early this year and never will
1977 pending the city's appeal, be able to return to police work, Oakes
Creighton, now 48, once again carried a said. 48, Mrs. Creighton would like to
Now
officials
The city took it back a few
weeks later, saying officials had learned return to college in a law-related field.
she couldn't shoot,Oakes said. She enrolled in January along with two
Mrs. Creighton was assigned to "non- of her daughters,but dropped out.
hazardous" duties and told she would Her injury makes writing difficult,she .
have to qualify with a pistol within three said,but more than that,she did not feel
months or lose her job,Oakes said.A gun
training officer was assigned to Mrs. See Jobs,Page 25
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ready to go out among the public again.
"I still don't feel ready to get into any-
thing stressful,"she said.
MRS. CREIGHTON SAID she still is
"very bitter" and feels "a lot of
animosity. . . toward the people involved
who got me into this."
Cottage Grove Police Chief Bob
Oszmun said he thinks the city was fair
with her.
"You need equal performance," he
said. "I think there's a definite place for
women in law enforcement, but they
have to be able to perform the minimum
tasks. I don't mean tackling a 6-foot go-
rilla in a bar, because I couldn't do that.
But firing firearms, getting along with
people. . .
"Pat could do just about everything ex-
cept firing a firearm.
"I felt we tried doubly hard to get her
certified. We had a full-time instructor
out with her every day. . . l:could just as
well have been criticized for not doing
enough.How do you do too much?"