As she embarked on her duties as a leader of a policewomen's squad, she did not mind her meager pay and low rank.
陳湄泉就進一步呼籲有系統的招訓女警，台灣省警察學校遂於民國四十四年招訓警員班二十六期共六十五位女生，由陳湄泉任女生隊長。該期畢業的同學，除了少數的四、五位外，其他同學至今都還堅守於警察崗位。陳湄泉將自己的想法灌輸在這批新血輪身上。