She was among three women to graduate from the academy that day and the group became the first uniformed female officers to officially join the Queensland Police Force.The women often made headlines for their fashion on the beat, turning the heads of surprised onlookers, but Ms Peters soon found herself alone in the female ranks.
"For some reasons I don't know, Brenda resigned and not long after Sandra resigned," Ms Peters, now 81, said."I was just over the moon, I couldn't believe it."Ms Peters trained at Petrie Barracks in Brisbane."I think there was about 97 men, and there were originally four girls and then it went down to three.Her first day on the job was as a constable in the Roma Street police station on general duties.
"I was working on anything that came along, from domestic violence, traffic accidents, traffic duty. I also worked in the consorting squad, the licensing branch, CIB [Criminal Investigation Branch]," she said. "Because I was the only female ... I was regularly called on, so I did get a variety [of jobs] which I really loved," she said.