MANCHESTER NEWS
Cop that! Three KD High pupils all joined the police

LIBBY Cooper and Libby Crane can still remember being told that the police was “not a job for a Jewish girl”.

Yet they are thriving in their roles with Greater Manchester Police, alongside fellow former Manchester King David High School pupil Adam Rose.

The trio sat down with the Jewish Telegraph to discuss their careers in the force.

PC Libby Cooper said: “A lot of people asked me what I was doing when I joined the police, because they didn’t see it as a career option for a Jewish girl.”

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