Watching an episode of Live PD the other night, three coppers were faced with a guy who had to be about 6'6’’ or better. Fortunately he was of good spirits and did not put up a fight because the two male coppers were about a half foot shorter and a good deal lighter than he was. The female officer, was at best about 5'5’’ and standing behind one of the male guys at least a feet shorter and 100 lb lighter. IMO, and I have been in my tussles over my life span, she would have had no chance short of using a shot gun to take this guy down had he been belligerent.
She would have had an easy time of it. In the movies.
She grew up as a farm girl (no brothers) repairing farm machinery because her Dad was large and not very dexterious with his hands. Her appitude, background and small size made her perfect for the job. But she was more interested in just doing her job than in 'one-upping' the men in her unit.
Princess Elizabeth (before she became Queen) had a similar experience during World War II, albeit from an entirely different background. There is a famous story about the Land Rover that she and Prince Phillip were driving around in breaking down somewhere in the Scotland Highlands sometime in the 1960s and she crawls under it and fixes the problem while her husband simply handed her the tools.