To study the female recruitment problem, a nominal group technique panel used literature scanning and brainstorming to formulate trends and events affecting the issue. Five trends were identified: increasing acceptance of nontraditional careers by females; increasing competition for females from the private sector; shrinking of the relevant labor pool; low unemployment rate; and erosion of social and cultural values concerning theft and narcotics use. The following events were considered: an economic depression which significantly increases the unemployment rate; judicial hiring sanctions on the CHP which require 42 percent female intake; relevant labor pool as the standard which oversight agencies gauge workforce representation within the CHP; a major war; and a taxpayer's revolt. It was determined that the CHP should hire a professional recruitment firm to provide an in-depth needs assessment, that the CHP should merge existing recruitment and public affairs resources and place greater emphasis on recruitment at the elementary and high school levels, and that the CHP should re-evaluate existing uniform and grooming standards for female patrol officers to maintain their femininity. 13 references, 2 endnotes, illustrations.