I haven’t seen an unattractive one yet. It’s strange. Do they have to pass some sort of test to be allowed out of the station?
It’s not something weird with the uniform either, I’ve seen plenty of policewomen in other cities and they run the usual human gamut of looks. Just in Brisbane… they don’t.
Last time a cop came to the door to warn about robberies in the area I was sorely tempted to ask her out :).
Perhaps a part of the Brisbane PD’s tactical toolbox includes having officers who are stunning.
Damn. I’m living too far south. The cops in Sydney all look like Chief Wiggum (and that’s just the women).
I must live in a different part of Brisbane to you. And are you sure this is not just a matter of taste and that you’d find Bronwyn Bishop attractive if she was in a blue uniform?
I’m worried for you, frankly.
Well, I do live near the uni. Maybe I just have the attractive ex coed cops around here 
Glad to see you Queenslanders survived yesterday’s storms.
We have some stunning looking female ambos around my neck of the woods.
See, joining the force to meet women just sounds weird. On the other hand, I was planning on becoming a paramedic anyway, so what neck of the woods do you live in exactly?
<looks at the female cops in texas>
<reflects on this post>
Texas sucks
West End
Really Princhester - I used to live just around the corner in Franklin Street Highgate Hill.
We used to live in Princhester St, West End but then we moved (while still remaining in West End) so my name is now an anachronism.
What’s the city in Australia, where the METER MAIDS wear bikinis?
Anywhere near a strip club :P.
Damn. There’s no tongue sticky outy smiley.
Oh well, sub this: 
In Surfer’s Paradise the local business men, who depended on tourist dollars, hired bikini girls to pound the beat in pairs, putting coins INTO the meters so that tourists wouldn’t get slugged with a parking fine and stay away from the area.
I understand that in recent years the competition between rival strip clubs who have taken up this area of community welfare has become intense and mean.
You don’t ever want to see a down and dirty catfight between two bikini-clad meter maids.
Well many of you don’t.
Redboss
I saw in the paper recently a big article about how sunscreen is now a tax deductible item for outdoor workers in Australia. It talked about Builders, Parking Officers and Meter Maids. Right next to it was a big picture of the meter maids putting on sunscreen - why not a picture of the builders and parking officers I ask?
Leechbabe, surely you know the answer to that question. It involves the words “prurient”, “childish”, “male”, “gender bias” “newspaper editors” and “leer”.
Redboss, the Gold Coast is somewhere that I studiously avoid. However, I can report that at least assuming nothing has changed in the last few weeks, there is no need whatever to use the past tense in relation to meter maids.
[sub]And as usual any thread involving the Aussies slowly but surely turns into a general chat…[/sub]
The suncreen thing is true. The original “black boot specials” (ie, meter maids) were in Surfers. They only put coins in the meter if you had an interstate licence plate.
They also wore the skimpiest, gold, crocheted bikinis…
I have fond memories of going to a Gold Coast Chamber of Commerce Networking function and being astounded to find the Meter Maids had a trade display there. I really thought they were a council sponsored initiative but apparently they are a Not For Profit Association - they were at the function to fund raise by selling their latest calendar.
Here’s a link!
and a more, umm, historical link.