San Francisco Police Department LGBTQ+ Advisory Forum
Chief William Scott, SFPD
The formation of the SFPD LGBTQ+ Advisory Forum is a vital part of ensuring community input to department policies and procedures that impact our diverse communities. San Francisco is seen worldwide as a safe and welcoming place for LGBTQ+ people, and I am committed to partnering with the community as we continue the work of becoming a model of 21st Century Policing.
Captain Chris Del Gandio, the SFPD highest ranking LGBTQ+ member and Executive Sponsor of the SFPD LGBTQ+ Advisory Forum, will meet with community members who are answering the call to serve their city, and their community, as permanent voluntary members of the forum.
Some of the work that has been done thus far has made tremendous progress in building trust and legitimacy with the SFPD and the LGBTQ+ community. This work includes training department members in principled policing and implicit bias, training every member on the history and diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, being one of the first departments in the national to have a comprehensive policy on interacting with transgender and non-binary people, and being the first department to authorize its members to wear Pride patches during the month of June. We are indebted to the community members, City leaders and LGBTQ+ SFPD members, past and present, who started this work.
The last few years have shown us as a city, and policing as a profession, that the work of police reform and building trust with diverse communities is ongoing and that we can never lose focus on doing what is best for our diverse communities. I want to thank all of the LGBTQ+ community members who have served, and continue to serve on the Forum. The work that you are doing is work that will make San Francisco safer for all people and help the SFPD live up to its commitment of delivering Safety with Respect.
Thank you for stepping up to serve your city and your community. Together we will continue to make our city safety and celebrate that diversity that makes San Francisco a welcoming city for all.
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CASTRO COMMUNITY ON PATROL
CCOP is an original founding member of the San Francisco Police Department, LGBTQ+ Advisory Forum and has been intimately involved and supportive of the Forum since its creation.
CCOP continues to support the Forum, and two of our current Chiefs of Patrol currently serve as Community Co-Chairs for the Forum.
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