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DeKalb committee defers resolution to create LGBTQ+ police liaison, seeks wider input
Summary
A DeKalb County committee deferred for two weeks a resolution requesting an LGBTQ+ police liaison position, hate-crimes training and related measures after testimony from Georgia Equality and discussion of training, scope and funding.
A DeKalb County Internal/Intergovernmental & Public Safety Committee on an item requesting the county administration implement an LGBTQ+ police liaison position, require hate-crimes identification training and related measures and programs voted to defer the resolution for two weeks to gather additional input and speakers.
The resolution, filed as item 20251107, asks the administration to implement an LGBTQ+ liaison within the DeKalb County Police Department and to require hate‑crimes identification training for law-enforcement personnel. Commissioner Terry introduced Georgia Equality deputy executive director Chanel Haley to describe how other jurisdictions have implemented liaison roles.
Chanel Haley, deputy executive director, Georgia Equality and the Equality Foundation of Georgia, told commissioners that some implementations are ineffective when they are…
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