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Contents:
- GAY AND LBIAN COPS: DIVERSY AND EFFECTIVE POLICG
- ASSIATN OF OPENLY GAY AND LBIAN POLICE OFFICERS INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CULTURE
- LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE
- OFFICER IENDLY AND THE TOUGH P:GAYS AND LBIANS NAVIGATE HOMOPHOBIA AND POLICG
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
GAY AND LBIAN COPS: DIVERSY AND EFFECTIVE POLICG
This book nonts an area of police anizatn which has received srce empiril rearch—the experienc of gay and lbian officers. Colv’s study is a * gay and lesbian police officer *
Reports n be found across the Uned Stat of police allegedly g excsive force agast lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.
ASSIATN OF OPENLY GAY AND LBIAN POLICE OFFICERS INTO THE LAW ENFORCEMENT CULTURE
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She poted to a study published by the Williams Instute May that found lbian, gay, bisexual and queer people are six tim more likely than the general public to be stopped by police (data about transgenr dividuals were not available the datasets analyzed).
LESBIAN AND GAY POLICE ASSOCIATION – GAY OFFICERS ACTION LEAGUE
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The bans have been divisive, even wh the LGBTQ muny — and particularly among openly gay police officers.
Prr to the start of this trag, negative attus about the LGBTQ muny were reportedly pervasive wh the partment: In 1996, durg a retrag of veteran officers, a word associatn exercise asked for rpons to the word “gays. Gtavo Alvarez, a gay rint of Palo Alto, California, settled his lawsu agast s police partment after accg of vlatg his civil rights, rultg a settlement that clud a $572, 500 payout and a one-off two hours of mandatory LGBTQ-awarens trag for all police officers the partment.
OFFICER IENDLY AND THE TOUGH P:GAYS AND LBIANS NAVIGATE HOMOPHOBIA AND POLICG
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LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR LIAISON UN (LGBTLU)
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