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Wessexman: SEEN Police Group.

2025-02-06T20:19:31Z

SEEN Police Group.

Wessexman: 13 of 43 chiefs apologise

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13 of 43 chiefs apologise

Wessexman: PCC elections

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PCC elections

Wessexman: /* LGBT History */

2023-03-21T20:12:38Z

‎LGBT History

Wessexman: Casey Report March 2023

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Casey Report March 2023

Wessexman: /* LGBT History */ history article

2019-11-25T19:06:14Z

‎LGBT History: history article

Wessexman: /* LGBT History */ LGPA 1990

2019-10-17T21:39:27Z

‎LGBT History: LGPA 1990

Wessexman: added info re PCCs

2019-08-19T17:02:08Z

added info re PCCs

Ross Burgess at 09:44, 15 May 2015

2015-05-15T09:44:27Z

Ross Burgess: /* LGBT History */

2015-05-15T08:46:52Z

‎LGBT History

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 Progess in relations between the police and lgbt communities in [[London]] has fallen back in recent years (in line with a drop in confidence by all communities in policing). This was commented on in the report by Louise Casey published in March 2023 <ref>  ''While the relationship between the Met and London’s LGBTQ+ community is vastly different to what it was in the last century, it has been in decline in recent years, the report says.Trust in the Met among LGBTQ+ Londoners has fallen at a faster rate than that among other Londoners over the last seven years and has coincided with criticism of the Met’s defensive handling of the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor by Stephen Port''  Discrimination, funding, public trust: what Casey says about the Met police The Guardian 21 March 2023 </ref>.
 The [[European Gay Police Association]] represents LGBT police officers in Europe.
 [[Peter Tatchell]] launched a campaign to get the police forces to apologise for the way they policed LGBT people in the past. It was launched in June 2023 and by April 2024 thirteen Chief Officers heading a police force had issued an apology <ref> Police chief apologises to LGBT community BBC 14 March 2024 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89vj4j1qg2o </ref>.
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 The [[European Gay Police Association]] represents LGBT police officers in Europe.
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 *[[Northern Ireland]] has one police force, the [[Police Service of Northern Ireland]] (PSNI).
-In November 2012 elections were first held for a Police and Crime Commissioner for every police force in England and Wales (except London). These posts replaced the Police Authority for each force <ref> With the exception of the Metropolitan Police Force which comes under the Mayor Of London </ref>. Elections were subsequently held in 2016.
+In November 2012 elections were first held for a Police and Crime Commissioner for every police force in England and Wales (except London). These posts replaced the Police Authority for each force <ref> With the exception of the Metropolitan Police Force which comes under the Mayor Of London </ref>. Elections were subsequently held in 2016, 2021 and 2024 <ref> Covid prevented the 2020 Elections </ref>.
 There are also some special police forces, such as the [[British Transport Police]].

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 ==LGBT History==
-The relationship between police forces and officers and LGBT peoples has undergone complete transformation in the last thirty years. Williams (2019) outlines the complete turnaround from the years when the LGBT communities were fearful of the police to an era when police forces employ many LGBT officers and staff and encourage and promote hate crime reporting <ref> Clifford Williams (2019) 'Gay men and the police 1950-2010' in the Journal of the Police History Society no 33 pp56-60 </ref>.  In 1990 the Lesbian and Gay Police Association was established, later renamed The [[Gay Police Association]]. This group represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] was set up during 2015.
+The relationship between police forces and officers and LGBT peoples underwent a complete transformation between the mid 1990s and 2010. Williams (2019) outlines the complete turnaround from the years when the LGBT communities were fearful of the police to an era when police forces employ many LGBT officers and staff and encourage and promote hate crime reporting <ref> Clifford Williams (2019) 'Gay men and the police 1950-2010' in the Journal of the Police History Society no 33 pp56-60 </ref>.  In 1990 the Lesbian and Gay Police Association was established, later renamed The [[Gay Police Association]]. This group represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] was set up during 2015.
 Progess in relations between the police and lgbt communities in [[London]] has fallen back in recent years (in line with a drop in confidence by all communities in policing). This was commented on in the report by Louise Casey published in March 2023 <ref>  ''While the relationship between the Met and London’s LGBTQ+ community is vastly different to what it was in the last century, it has been in decline in recent years, the report says.Trust in the Met among LGBTQ+ Londoners has fallen at a faster rate than that among other Londoners over the last seven years and has coincided with criticism of the Met’s defensive handling of the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor by Stephen Port''  Discrimination, funding, public trust: what Casey says about the Met police The Guardian 21 March 2023 </ref>.

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	The relationship between police forces and officers and LGBT peoples has undergone complete transformation in the last thirty years. Williams (2019) outlines the complete turnaround from the years when the LGBT communities were fearful of the police to an era when police forces employ many LGBT officers and staff and encourage and promote hate crime reporting <ref> Clifford Williams (2019) 'Gay men and the police 1950-2010' in the Journal of the Police History Society no 33 pp56-60 </ref>. In 1990 the Lesbian and Gay Police Association was established, later renamed The [[Gay Police Association]]. This group represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] was set up during 2015.		The relationship between police forces and officers and LGBT peoples has undergone complete transformation in the last thirty years. Williams (2019) outlines the complete turnaround from the years when the LGBT communities were fearful of the police to an era when police forces employ many LGBT officers and staff and encourage and promote hate crime reporting <ref> Clifford Williams (2019) 'Gay men and the police 1950-2010' in the Journal of the Police History Society no 33 pp56-60 </ref>. In 1990 the Lesbian and Gay Police Association was established, later renamed The [[Gay Police Association]]. This group represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] was set up during 2015.
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		+	Progess in relations between the police and lgbt communities in [[London]] has fallen back in recent years (in line with a drop in confidence by all communities in policing). This was commented on in the report by Louise Casey published in March 2023 <ref> ''While the relationship between the Met and London’s LGBTQ+ community is vastly different to what it was in the last century, it has been in decline in recent years, the report says.Trust in the Met among LGBTQ+ Londoners has fallen at a faster rate than that among other Londoners over the last seven years and has coincided with criticism of the Met’s defensive handling of the murders of Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor by Stephen Port'' Discrimination, funding, public trust: what Casey says about the Met police The Guardian 21 March 2023 </ref>.
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	The [[European Gay Police Association]] represents LGBT police officers in Europe.		The [[European Gay Police Association]] represents LGBT police officers in Europe.

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	The [[Gay Police Association]] represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] is being set up during 2015.		The [[Gay Police Association]] represented lesbian and gay police officers throughout the UK but was wound up in 2013. The [[National LGBT Police Network]] is being set up during 2015.
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		+	The [[European Gay Police Association]] represents LGBT police officers in Europe.

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