THE SUB GROUPS: THE TRANSGENDER GROUP

From transvestites to transsexuals, the transgender community is a complex and intriguing mix of people and personalities. The transgender subgroup has a diverse range of experience and expertise. We work to influence thinking and help develop policy for the police service in relation to our community.

WHAT WE DO

Our work crosses the boundaries of many projects of the Advisory Group as a whole.

Policy and Guidance

In collaboration with other agencies, we have developed guidelines on how services should be delivered to transgender people as victims, suspects or witnesses. We have also been closely involved with the 2002 review of the Met's policy on the transgender issues. We will continue to review and update these policies.

Training

Training is crucial to implementing policy and guidelines. Our presentation at the LGBT Liaison Officers conference (2002) has provided a starting point for a training video for UK police officers.

Public safety

We are working with the London Transport Users Committee and the British Transport Police to ensure that the safety concerns of transgender persons are properly addressed.

The Transgender group has good representation from the male-to-female community. We are keen to improve the representation from the female-to-male members of the community.

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