"A recent favourite is the Netflix series with Gillian Anderson, about the serial killer. Not that I've had dealt with cases like that, but everyone has their heroes, right?"
She has no problem with giving orders to men, but she is a little nervous of public speaking.
"I remember getting my first uniform. It had a skirt to the knee, and two styles of hat, day and night. It was very different to now, with many assuming certain roles would be carried out by women."
A role came up as a sole police officer in Whangamata and she applied.
"Everyone said it wasn't a role for a woman, to be on her own like that, but I didn't see it as a feminist thing. I just thought it sounded cool, serving a small community," she said.
She got the job despite the protests.
As she was young and confident, she didn't think anything bad could happen, but it did. When she was on sole pursuit following up on criminal activity, she was assaulted.
"I'm not afraid to admit I cried in my pillow. I was ready to leave the police right there and then. It was my longest night."
To her surprise, support came from one of her previously biggest doubters in the police. More support came from a well-known criminal in town who knocked on her door and said what had happened was not okay.
"It was in that moment I realised both the hazards of being on the front line, but also the importance of doing it. It was a pivotal decision," she said.
Fast forward to 2015, it was the same reasoning for taking on the job as the Waikato District's first female Armed Offenders Squad commander.
Inspector Grace said policing is a great job for women, and that there are more opportunities than ever.
"The difference that police officers make in the lives of victims and offenders cannot be underestimated."
