http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-police-agree-to-address-complaints-about-gay-hate-crime-documentation/2011/07/06/gIQAO7XG1H_story.htmlPolice will meet with community leaders in the coming months to try to soothe discontent with their handling of bias-related incidents that target the District’s gay, lesbian and transgender population, department officials and LGBT advocates said Wednesday.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier agreed to meetings proposed by D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson (D-At Large) after a three-hour hearing in which community leaders complained about issues ranging from communication problems to reluctance to file bias-related incident reports required by department policy.
.“It’s kind of an irony that on one hand,
is very connected with the community, and on the other hand, it’s clear that the community feels this disconnect,” said Mendelson, chairman of the council’s Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary, after Wednesday’s hearing. “The chief has to reconcile this.”
Lanier said she was “perplexed” by testimony that questioned the department’s efforts to document hate crimes and bias-related incidents; she pointed to examples of community outreach and bias training for officers as examples of their commitment.
“We engage in every way we can,” she said at the hearing.
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