We won! MPD General Order signed by Chief Lanier
After many meetings and lots of hard work, we won General Order PCA 501-02, "Handling Interactions with Transgender Individuals", the most progressive order in the country. It was covered in the Post, the Examiner, and on WAMU radio.
Read on the Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/15/AR2007101501258.html
Listen at WAMU:
http://wamu.org/audio/nw/07/10/n16071017-18020.ram
On DCist today:
http://dcist.com/2007/10/16/mpd_to_be_more.php
And Queerty (a blog):
http://www.queerty.com/news/dcpd-gets-trans-friendly-20071016/
Once we get a final version with Chief Lanier's signature, we'll post it here so you can download it.
DCTC