Operation Baltimore will kick off with a baton relay at the Sydney Opera House on March 8 and a women in policing expo and careers day the following weekend.

The relay will pass through Lachlan, Darling River and Castlereagh local area commands in May, with Dubbo to host its celebrations on May 20.

Orana Local Area Command Inspector Gemini Bakos, Dubbo's first female inspector, and Dubbo-based NSW Police staff member Kylie McKeown were busy co-ordinating the local leg of the celebrations.

Both were excited about the upcoming event and hoped members of the Dubbo community would take part in the "very special milestone".

"A special baton has been made to mark 100 years of women in policing in NSW, and our celebrations and baton relay will begin at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in the morning," Inspector Bakos said.

"Women attached to the Orana LAC will carry it through Tracker Riley trail and end up behind the library where we will meet with a group of retired officers, mounted police, the dog squad and bicycle units.

"Then we'll all walk in a procession past the police station, down Church Street and stop at the rotunda where we will have our formal address by the mayor and a senior police dignitary."

A travelling roadshow containing information about the history of women in policing and information for people seeking a career in policing would accompany the baton around the state, Inspector Bakos said.

"An important part of our celebrations will be highlighting where we started from and what we have achieved," she said.

The PCYC would cater a barbecue at the rotunda and a themed cake would be cut to mark the occasion.

"There will also be several stalls containing information about recruitment, IPROWD and historical information," Inspector Bakos said.

Later in the day, Dubbo would host a cocktail party to celebrate the centenary of women in policing in NSW which community members would be welcome to attend.

"That will be opened by a senior police officer from Sydney, Superintendent Debbie Wallace," Inspector Bakos said.

"She's Commander of the Gangs Squad in Sydney, and was part of the taskforce investigating the Anita Cobby murder.

"She's a fantastic speaker, someone who will really grab your attention and draw you in with her wealth of knowledge and experience."

Inspector Bakos said while the number of proportion of women in the NSW Police Force had obviously increased over the past 100 years, men still very much outnumbered women.

Women made up 26.9 per cent of sworn personnel, while overall women made up 35 per cent of sworn and unsworn personnel.

Inspector Bakos, who had been a police officer since 1994, said she would "highly recommend" policing as a career.

"There are so many diverse areas you can work in, there's something for everyone, whether you've got a passion for being in the community in a helping role or if you have a passion for being in the riot squad, there are positions to suit different personalities and interests, and of course you get to drive a police car," she said.

"Shift work is another thing that a lot of people quite like. You work longer shifts but then have a good period of days off.

"There are many opportunities for scholarships, training and development, and you get to move around the state, whether it be in the city, country, remote or very remote areas.

"I really do enjoy it in Dubbo. I love that there is a closer-knit community where you get to know a lot of the names and faces, you get to know shopkeepers and the like.

"With that brings a good exchange of information, and that's what it's all about, getting eyes and ears out there to help us identify crime."