http://www.cambridgeday.com/2010/02/24/councillors-speak-up-act-out-on-gates-committee-other-police-matters/ News | Features | Commentary | Calendar Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:52:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cambridgeday.com/2010/02/24/councillors-speak-up-act-out-on-gates-committee-other-police-matters/comment-page-1/#comment-147 John Gintell Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:36:25 +0000 http://www.cambridgeday.com/?p=2986#comment-147 The cost does seem high and I'd certainly agree that the lack of transparency is an issue so I'm glad that the council has raised this as an issue. It is my belief that the primary focus is not on the Gates/Crowley incident but in general on policies and practices in many areas. I did go to one of the public subcommittee meetings and spoke on behalf of the GLBT Commission (I'm a co-chair). We have been working with the police department for several years, got GLBT training included in their standard training (our Commission got an award for facilitating this). There is a GLBT liaison in the department (Steve Ahern); he and Chris Burke, a supervisor, have been attending and participating in our Commission meetings and Robert Hass, the Police Commissioner has been very supportive. The cost does seem high and I’d certainly agree that the lack of transparency is an issue so I’m glad that the council has raised this as an issue. It is my belief that the primary focus is not on the Gates/Crowley incident but in general on policies and practices in many areas. I did go to one of the public subcommittee meetings and spoke on behalf of the GLBT Commission (I’m a co-chair). We have been working with the police department for several years, got GLBT training included in their standard training (our Commission got an award for facilitating this). There is a GLBT liaison in the department (Steve Ahern); he and Chris Burke, a supervisor, have been attending and participating in our Commission meetings and Robert Hass, the Police Commissioner has been very supportive.

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