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Title: Fort Worth police chief institutes no-bias rule
Post by: Shana A on February 06, 2011, 08:07:09 AM
Post by: Shana A on February 06, 2011, 08:07:09 AM
Fort Worth police chief institutes no-bias rule
Posted Friday, Feb. 04, 2011
By Deanna Boyd
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/04/2825059/fort-worth-police-chief-institutes.html (http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/04/2825059/fort-worth-police-chief-institutes.html)
FORT WORTH -- The Police Department is implementing a policy prohibiting "bias-based policing," and officials say that officers who violate it will likely be fired.
A special order signed Friday by Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead prohibits police employees from taking into consideration "race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender status, membership in a cultural group or other individual characteristics or distinctions" while performing police duty.
Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman, said those who violate the policy will face harsh discipline "in the form of termination in most cases."
Posted Friday, Feb. 04, 2011
By Deanna Boyd
http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/04/2825059/fort-worth-police-chief-institutes.html (http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/02/04/2825059/fort-worth-police-chief-institutes.html)
FORT WORTH -- The Police Department is implementing a policy prohibiting "bias-based policing," and officials say that officers who violate it will likely be fired.
A special order signed Friday by Fort Worth Police Chief Jeff Halstead prohibits police employees from taking into consideration "race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, disability, economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender status, membership in a cultural group or other individual characteristics or distinctions" while performing police duty.
Lt. Paul Henderson, a police spokesman, said those who violate the policy will face harsh discipline "in the form of termination in most cases."