Personally, I have never been in favour of reverse discrimination, discrimination, rabid feminism, et. al..

It basically boils down to one thing: some people feel the need to segregate other people into groups. Be they women, black-skinned, olive-skinned, white, come from a different country, or speak a different language. It all boils down to segregation, be it in whole or in part. And I have a feeling that most people have something against segregation. The people who are racist, mysoginists, etc., are not the norm, they're the exception to the rule, if you will.

What you have to look at is the motivation behind creating different requirements for women than men. The motivation, as I understand it, is not because of discrimination, but rather because the police force wants more women -- along with men -- to join the police force. As it has been stated, police work isn't all about beating people constantly or running all the time, most often it's about driving around, filling out paperwork, and only occassionally running and etc.. There are legitimate reasons to have more women in the police force. Let's face it, it's real hard for a woman to rape a man. It's not anywhere near as difficult for a man to rape a woman, so it makes sense to increase the percentage of female officers with counselling training on a police force, does it not?

I'm in IT, yet the office I work in is a slim majority female. This is because while the IT department is comprised of 5 men, 1 woman, the rest of the company is comprised of 8 men, and 14 women. In total, that's 13 men, 16 women. Only one working 'position of power' is held by a man, two if you include our CEO who is only there to make company-wide decisions.
The department head positions are held by a slim majority by women, but it's a close 3-2 split as well. The pay rates are equal as well. The men who are workers in one department make the same amount of money as female workers in the same department (though it does vary based on skills).

I'm only going on about this because contrary to popular belief, there ARE places out there where women are treated equally. I'm lucky to work in one, and I don't think it's such a massive thing to have different required qualifications for women than men.