Comments on: MPD Gay Unit to Be “Decentralized”

By: AC

AC — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:32:32 +0000

I am an officer in regular patrol and the unit needs to stay the way it is. Many of the assignments that the GLLU officers go on require 2 or more officers to handle. What is one officer in each district going to do? Many officers don’t want to handle assignments that deal with gay and lesbian complainants do to lack of knowledge or empathy. If it’s not broken, then don’t fix it. It works well and is recognized nationally.

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:00:09 +0000

She is doing the right thing! There are GLBT indivduals all over the city and we all deserve to have someone on the MPD to respond when needed. She is adding officers, not taking anything away. Once again the newpapers and GLAA wants to send out alerts instead of meeting and having an actual discussion. I support the Chief and think she is trying to make a difference. I am able to say that, as I have an active complaint against the DC MPD. Some cannot see the forest from the damn trees!

By: ap

ap — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:30:13 +0000

This is just another example of Lanier yielding to Fenty, after all she has no real command experience. Everyone seems to have forgotten than in the last five years she has earned 3 college degrees, two from Hopkins and one from the US Navy in California… she is so determined to make the officers believe that she is not a Ramsey protege, she will spend millions of dollars reversing or renaming his projects regardless of whether or not they were successful. Disbanding these units in order to make a more cohesive Department is ludicrous. She needs to stop ruling by fear and BEGIN to lead by example… Ramsey led by fear and the end result was Commanders with no real experience and everyone afraid to disagree with him.

By: Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs

Washington City Paper: News & Features: Blogs — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:56:49 +0000

[...] police Chief Cathy Lanier will postpone a decision that might “decentralize” the award-winning Gay and Lesbian Liaison [...]

By: KL

KL — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:36:12 +0000

CP scoops the Post again. Nice work!

By: Mike DeBonis

Mike DeBonis — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:34:23 +0000

Michael:

One of our reporters made calls yesterday to confirm. A police union source confirmed late in the day, but we got no response from the department itself. The Post had a story this morning: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/14/AR2007061402050.html

By: d

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:04:22 +0000

Wait, there’s a gay and lesbian liason unit? What’s it do?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:42:55 +0000

Are we sure this is for real?? GLAA has a reputation to be alarmist and often pushes the panic button before it’s needed.

Who was there source?? MPD, Washington Post, The Blade – none of them have anything on the decentralization of the various special focus units throughout the city (Asian, Latino, GLBT etc.)

I don’t know that I believe the GLAA on this…

By: Jonathan R. Rees

Jonathan R. Rees — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:12:48 +0000

MPD is eliminating all special units not just the gay one.