D.C. Police's Disclosure of Victim's Transgender ID Questioned

http://dcist.com/2011/07/dc_police_disclosure_of_victims_tra.php
7/24/11
By Eddie Kim

LGBT groups around D.C. are questioning the D.C. Police Department's decision to omit the transgender identity of a woman killed early Wednesday morning in Northeast. In a press release after the shooting, MPD had originally identified the transgendered woman's legal name, Myles Mclean, who had started using the name Lashai Mclean following a gender transition several years ago.

QuoteHowever, the police department's policy is to not release the gender identity ... of a victim unless it is relevant to the characteristics of the crime.

They release that about as soon as they release a name. They just aren't always correct.