NYPD Announces New Policies on Interactions with Trans New Yorkers
Added by admin on June 12, 2012.
http://gaycitynews.com/nypd-announces-new-policies-on-interactions-with-trans-new-yorkers/BY PAUL SCHINDLER | Just days before tens of thousands –– including contingents led by major LGBT community organizations –– are expected to march in Harlem to protest abuses in the NYPD's stop and frisk practices, the police department has announced changes to its Patrol Guide aimed at providing more respectful treatment of transgender and other gender-nonconforming (TGNC) New Yorkers.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has endorsed the June 17 Harlem march, announced the changes at the Council's annual LGBT Pride event on June 12 at Cooper Union's Great Hall.
"The NYPD's new Patrol Guide makes it clear that all people must be treated with respect," Quinn said in a written release announcing the reforms. "I applaud Commissioner [Raymond] Kelly for working closely with the City Council and the LGBT community to create respectful, inclusive guidelines that are appropriate for transgender New Yorkers."
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The release announcing the Patrol Guide revisions quoted Kelly saying, "The changes to the Patrol Guide are significant, affecting more than 12 separate Patrol Guide provisions. The changes range from establishing search procedures for transgender arrestees to requiring officers to address arrestees by their preferred name. Senior members of my staff worked closely with representatives from the LGBT community to draft these changes, and I applaud their work."
