Kate

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Fanny Kate Boadicea Cocks was born in Moonta on 5 May 1875. In 1915 she was handpicked to become South Australia’s first woman police constable. Although there were already some policewomen elsewhere, she was the first in the British Empire to be awarded the same salary and the same powers of arrest as male officers.              Always prim with tailored outfits and immaculate hair, she became well known for her nightly patrols in the parklands, armed with her five-foot cane and the catchphrase ‘Three feet apart!’ to separate amorous couples. Although primarily tasked with protecting the morality and rights of young women in a rapidly changing world, she was also involved in drug busts, missing person cases and solving many other major crimes.            Kate Cocks Park is an area which was once home to the SA Police Mounted Operations Unit and their horses, the police ‘greys’ which Kate adored. Part of an ongoing series of South Australian Icons.
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