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SFPD says transgender training nearly citywide after multi-year effort
Summary
Lieutenant Thorne told the commission the department began transgender community awareness training in 1995 and expanded it to all stations in 2003–2004; 808 members attended 19 sessions earlier this year and the department expects to complete remaining trainings within two months.
Lieutenant Thorne briefed the Police Commission on Aug. 5 about the San Francisco Police Department’s transgender community awareness training, tracing the program to 1995 and describing an expansion in the early 2000s that extended training from academy classes to command staff and all district stations.
"Since June of 1995, we have had 54 academy classes that have come through…
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