GPD Rescinds Policy Allowing Trans-Identifying Officers to Search Detainees 'with the Same Gender Expression'

GPD rescinds policy allowing trans-identifying officers to search detainees 'with the same gender expression'

The City of Gainesville has notified Florida AG James Uthmeier that it has rescinded its policy that searches “should be conducted by an officer with the same gender expression or identity” as the individual being searched.  The post GPD rescinds policy allowing trans-identifying officers to search detainees ‘with the same gender expression’ appeared first on Alachua Chronicle.

Florida police chief rescinds insane transgender policy after AG threatens legal action

The police chief of Gainesville agreed to rescind a policy about transgender-identifying suspects after the Florida attorney general publicly challenged the rule.The policy said that if an officer could not determine the gender of a suspect who was going to be searched, that the officer should ask the suspect to choose the gender of the officer to perform the search.Two days before the deadline, Uthmeier reported that the police department compl…