I wouldn't rule out females; the odd one might match the strength, fitness, mental confidence and even height requirements of qualifying men, though very rare.

The idea that females can be hired for support rather than front-line roles presents problems though. Here in New Zealand a couple of years ago the sex/gender composition of the police force was published. Women were in high-ranked command positions at a higher rate than the proportion of female police overall and a much higher rate than for male police. No information was provided to compare the length of service between high-ranked men and women but it's safe to assume that the women on average were promoted on the basis of less experience than the men. Even if those women performed equally to men in the higher-rank roles (seems unlikely), the problem remains that experienced front-line men who would be at least as good are deprived of promotion opportunities. Even applying sexist DEI for back-office humble jobs deprives long-serving front-line male officers of the chance to maintain more gentle employment when their bodies have become too wrecked from physical encounters or their brains too fried from PTSD. The whole service then suffers from reduced commitment, loyalty and camaraderie.

DEI appears to be based on poor rational analysis of actual consequences. "DEI is desirable" is simply asserted like a religious claim, backed up at most by some hollow claims of improved sales results based on one poor research study and ignoring the 20 other contradictory studies. DEI is feminists and social justice warriors skipping like schoolchildren at playtime. The female Secret Service bodyguards are playing a role more than serving, and enjoying being paid for this. Many modern movies portray women as equally or more capable than men in manual combat but this is ideological fantasy. The woman who proudly reported her daughter's joy whenever she put her shiny badge on epitomizes such pretense. As well as positive associations such as a good salary and feminist achievement on public display, the shiny badge realistically represents a significant risk that the parent won't be coming home tonight. But such bittersweet recognition is absent in a role-play.