LAPD has new policy on transgender stops, searches
The Associated Press
Posted: 04/12/2012 11:02:30 PM PDT
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20387175/lapd-has-new-policy-transgender-stops-searches (http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_20387175/lapd-has-new-policy-transgender-stops-searches)
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police will have to think twice about calling someone "Ma'am" or "Sir" according to a new policy on interacting with the transgender community during stops and searches.
That's the word from Chief Charlie Beck, who issued guidelines Thursday telling officers to "respect the expressed gender and do not question it," according to the memo issued to all department personnel.
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LAPD to house transgender arrestees in separate section
April 12, 2012 | 9:48 pm
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/lapd-jail-transgender.html (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/lapd-jail-transgender.html)
The Los Angeles Police Department will begin housing arrested transgender men and women in a women's jail by the end of the month, making it what administrators believe is the first police department in the country to do so.
The announcement came Thursday night from Capt. Dave Lindsay, commander of the department's jail division, speaking to a meeting in Hollywood of transgender people with police Chief Charlie Beck and members of the city's Police Commission.
The department will open a women's module at its Metropolitan Detention Center downtown. One of the sections within the module will be reserved for up to 24 transgender people, Lindsay said.
...Remember dear readers you heard it here first, off the record, on the QT and very...Hush-Hush...
LA Confidential, Hush-Hush Editor Sid Huggins
LAPD Announces New Transgender Policy
http://www.edgeonthenet.com/news/local/132178/lapd_announces_new_transgender_policy
Thursday Apr 19, 2012
by Megan Barnes
Transgender advocates continue to applaud the Los Angeles Police Department's new set of policies for interactions with trans people that it announced last week, making it the latest and one of the largest police departments in the country to do so.
At a community forum in Hollywood on April 12, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck laid out new guidelines that officers must follow when interacting with trans individuals. These include addressing them by their preferred gender identities; not frisking them to determine their anatomical gender; not assuming they are involved in prostitution and not requesting the removal of wigs, makeup and other appearance-related items differently than they would of non-trans people.
The Rainbow Times
LAPD New Transgender Inclusive Policies For Police Interaction & Prison Detainment, MTPC reacts
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Reporter–TRT Editor | Apr 24, 2012
http://www.therainbowtimesmass.com/2012/04/24/lapd-new-transgender-inclusive-policies-for-police-interaction-prison-detainment-mtpc-reacts/
Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department announced new policies regarding transgender individuals, signed into effect by Chief Charlie Beck. These policies are meant to improve police interactions with transgender people, both inside and outside of jail.
According to the Transgender Law Center, the new policies mandate police officers to treat transgender people with respect, courtesy, and professionalism. "In addition to these instructions for police interactions, the LAPD has announced that they will be revising their Jail Operations Manual to include the proper processing, housing, custody and protection of transgender individuals."