Gwent Police train officers to fight homophobic crime

Dan82 · Dec 13, 2010

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11976393

A tranche of police officers are being trained to deal with crimes against people who face discrimination because of their sexual orientation.

Gwent Police have trained 14 officers and support staff as part of its first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGB&T) liaison service.

It is hoped it will encourage more people to come forward to report LGB&T hate crimes.

One senior officer said such crimes were traditionally "under reported".

Assistant Chief Constable Simon Prince said: "It is estimated that one in 12 people in [the] Gwent [force area] classes him or herself as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender which is a significant number of people...

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Gwent Police train officers to fight homophobic crime

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