Adrian Hanstock, thought to be the first gay man to hold the rank of chief nstable, has spoken about the “ongog challenge” of diversy policg. | ITV News Meridian
Contents:
- OFFICER SAYS NL POLICE CHIEF HARASSED HIM WH EXPLIC GAY SEX TALK
- GAY POLICE CHIEF FIRED OVER 'MORI FIRST' HIRG POLICY
- COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
- PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
- JOE BIN TAPS HISTORY-MAKG GAY POLICE CHIEF TO LEAD CTOMS & BORR PATROL
- GAY FLORIDA POLICE CHIEF FIRED FOR PROMOTG OFFICERS OF LOR
- FIRST GAY POLICE CHIEF LLS FOR MORE ‘VISIBLE ROLE MOLS’ TO ATTRACT DIVERSE RECS
OFFICER SAYS NL POLICE CHIEF HARASSED HIM WH EXPLIC GAY SEX TALK
Scirotto will also have the distctn of beg the first openly gay chief the cy's history. But as the first to clare himself openly gay, Scirotto says he was relieved and surprised to be overwhelmgly supported by his brother and sister officers. He will be reachg out to young gay people to say they too are weled and wanted.
GAY POLICE CHIEF FIRED OVER 'MORI FIRST' HIRG POLICY
"In this role today, beg an openly gay man, beg chief of police, leadg a major metropolan cy police partment and to say you n do this -- not only be a part of this profsn but you n be a lear this profsn.
COMG OUT AT WORK: WHAT 'S LIKE TO BE A GAY P NEW JERSEY
Scirotto believ the Ptsburgh police were ahead of the natn acceptg him and other gay officers and the rt of the natn is tchg up. Larry Scirotto poised to bee Ptsburgh's first openly gay police chief. Rpons the muny were mixed, wh some like gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Manlman thankg the police for takg actn, while others such as gay Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club Print Jefey Kwong likeng the SFPD rponse to police marchg down Castro Street followg the Whe Night Rts 1979, when officers went to the Castro to beat up patrons at the Elephant Walk.
Gay D. Brian Wright, now the chief, would allegedly harass him wh lewd scriptns of homosexual sex while they were alone together a shift manr’s office. Kalolo alleg the chief would ask him very graphic qutns about sexual acts, wh lewd anatomil scriptns of gay terurse.
's first gay police chief has been fired after six months on the Scirotto, 48, was sacked by Cy Manager Chris Lagerbloom last Thursday, acrdg to Florida TV statn WTVJ. A police chief Florida has been fired for prrisg gay officers and ethnic mori for promotns, followg an vtigatn to several discrimatn Scirotto, 48, was fired after jt six months followg allegatns that he ma hirg and promotn cisns wh an improper mory-first Scirotto, a former assistant chief Ptsburgh, was the first openly gay chief hired Fort Lrdale and is om a mixed-race vtigatn to the bias plats nclud that Mr Scirotto was unfairly foced on mory ndidat for jobs and noted that he once said a nference room wall of photos was "too whe" addg: "I'm gonna change that. Officially tled the Parental Rights Edutn bill, has been dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay" bill by crics, cludg US Print Joe Bin, who say uld stigmatise and harm LGBT youth.
PRI SAID GAY COPS AREN’T WELE. THEN CAME THE BACKLASH.
Acrdg to Clifford Rosky, a law profsor at the Universy of Utah, anti-gay curriculum laws currently exist as many as 20 Florida bill go a step further, allowg parents to directly sue school districts and seek damag if they believe an tor has broken the law. Jam Tracy me out as gay to his police joed the Englewood Cliffs police partment 2002, but 10 years passed before he revealed his secret.
“I was gettg lls om gay police officers all over the untry sayg thgs like ‘Hey, thanks for the publicy and gettg out there', ” he said.
”It's not always easy to be a p who is gay, but each step forward helps pave the way for a better future work environment, Tracy ntu below galleryWell before Tracy ever put on the police uniform, Wtwood police Officer Larry Schwartz helped pave the way for gay officers. Schwartz remends other gay ps get volved and take the time to fd peers and seek help if there are road for officers who e out as gay to lleagu has not always been smooth. “It’s part of the tnal program bee people might not nsir themselv homophobic or racist, but have unrlyg patterns that are, ” Tracy said.
JOE BIN TAPS HISTORY-MAKG GAY POLICE CHIEF TO LEAD CTOMS & BORR PATROL
” On a rooftop at the end of the day, after some drks, he lled home and told his father that he was gay. So I uld see the Herage of Pri para as this thg for whe gay men, mcly, glter.
“Gay liberatn, ” she said, “meant revolutn. ” The monstrators left angry but clash between protters and police fillg social media, prsure rose on Herage of Pri to rce police volvement, cludg banng the Gay Officers Actn League, which routely receiv effive cheers durg the Pri march.
” The board did not tell members about the cisn or ask for a the Gay Officers Actn League learned about the g policy, pre-empted Herage of Pri wh s own statement llg the ban “shameful. “My God, what a bate over this, ” said Andy Humm, a longtime -host of “Gay USA, ” a TV news program.
GAY FLORIDA POLICE CHIEF FIRED FOR PROMOTG OFFICERS OF LOR
In the past week, he told them, he had received onle msag of hate nsistently om whe gay men, to the extent that his fay feared for his safety. Fisher, who had lled for the vote of no Downey, print of the gay officers group, said he felt “betrayed” by the ban, pecially bee the officers “put so much of themselv on the choppg block” by workg to change practic and attus wh their partments.
Print Joe Bin has nomated the police chief who is believed to be the first gay police chief to get married the U. Related: Pete Buttigieg selects gay Indigeno aviatn expert to work Transportatn Department. The Observer reported that this led to bad blood between the law enforcement agenci and “homophobic language their private ments” om Borr Patrol officers on an onle fom.
A gay police chief Florida has been fired after only six months on the job after he was acced of favorg mory officers hirg and promotn cisns. Scirotto, a former assistant chief Ptsburgh, is of mixed-race background and was the first openly gay chief hired to lead the Fort Lrdale Police Department. Watch: ITV News Meridian’s K Bradshaw jos senr officer Adrian Hanstock on his fal patrol before retirement to discs diversy the police service The first openly gay chief nstable has lled for more "visible role mols" policg to help addrs the "ongog challenge" of attractg recs om diverse backgrounds.
FIRST GAY POLICE CHIEF LLS FOR MORE ‘VISIBLE ROLE MOLS’ TO ATTRACT DIVERSE RECS
“It was a risk, back the mid-80s, anybody who was different – my se beg gay – was jt never somethg that matched policg, ” Mr Hanstock said. ” Adrian Hanstock joed officers and staff at London Bridge railway statn last week, ahead of his retirement om Brish Transport Hanstock, who liv near Tunbridge Wells Kent, is thought to have bee the first openly gay man to hold the rank of chief nstable the UK, when he took charge of the Brish Transport Police (BTP) Febary 2021, on a temporary began his reer as a filg clerk wh Nottghamshire Constabulary, before he beme a nstable 1985. Watch: Adrian Hanstock discs the ‘overt homophobia’ of the 1980s and how greater diversy n create a more ‘reprentative and profsnal’ police cultureA filg clerk was Mr Hanstock's first job policg Nottghamshire the '80s.