Judiciary and Public Safety

Ensuring that our law enforcement and justice system respect and serve all.

Archive

2017

• Police Complaints Board Bobbi Strang Confirmation Resolution of 2017 4/10/17

2015

• GLAA joins NARAL, scores of others in letter to DOJ on clinic violence 11/25/15
• DeRay Mckesson of Black Lives Matter on ‘coming out of the quiet’ 11/09/15
• Rosendall discusses LGBT police issues at launch of CALM 05/12/15
• CALM: New National Organization Formed to Address Police Misconduct 05/11/15
• When Police Are Outside Agitators (Rosendall, Washington Blade) 05/06/15
• LGBT groups issue report card on Metropolitan Police Department 03/10/15
  

  2014

• GLAA to Mendelson on inmate healthcare 12/15/14
  (Similar letters sent to all councilmembers)
• D.C. lawyer Van Teasley murdered in Dominican Republic 11/03/14
• GLAA: racial disparities in police stops must end 10/27/14
• GLAA testifies for repeal of Prostitution Free Zones 07/09/14
• GLAA supports amending, passing Police Monitoring Enhancement Amendment Act 07/02/14
• GLAA repeats call to repeal Prostitution Free Zones 04/03/14
• LGBT community responds to Hate Crimes Assessment Task Force Report 03/13/14
• GLAA submits testimony on Office of Police Complaints 03/10/14
• Office of Police Complaints releases FY13 Annual Report 03/04/14
• MPD releases report on police handling of hate crimes 02/26/04
  

  2013

• GLAA to Councilmembers: Do not postpone election of DC AG 8/2/13
  

  2012

• GLAA testifies on police response to hate crimes 06/29/12
• DC Trans Coalition writes Mayor Gray urging police reforms 02/29/12
• Office of Police Complaints issues annual report for FY 2011 02/28/12
• DC Trans Coalition opposes PFZ Legislation 01/24/12
• D.C. Attorney General’s office raises constitutional concerns on PFZ bill 01/24/12
• ACLU opposes Prostitution Free Zone Amendment Act 01/24/12
• GLAA opposes Prostitution Free Zone Amendment Act 01/24/12
  

  2011

• Confronting Biased Policing 08/15/11
• Video: arrest in anti-lesbian hate crime in Columbia Heights 08/12/11
• GLAA testifies on hate crimes and police response 07/20/11
• Rosendall calls for bullying bill with teeth 05/02/11
• GLAA defends Office of Police Complaints budget 04/22/11
• ACLU on OPC FY 2012 budget 04/22/11
• GLAA endorses anti-bullying bill with changes 04/20/11
• Eure opposes budget cut for Office of Police Complaints 04/08/11
• OPC Annual Report for FY 2010 03/17/11
• D.C. Council revises disorderly conduct law 02/25/11
  

  2010

• GLAA supports revisions to disorderly conduct statutes 11/17/10
• GLOV to Mayor: Restore the GLLU 09/02/10
• LGBT groups urge Fenty to restore GLLU 08/26/10
• Office of Police Complaints releases 2009 annual report 07/16/10
• Protect yourself from Internet hook-up crimes 05/05/10
• Bias Crimes Report Updated with Gender Identity/Expression 03/10/10
• Homicide alert on Gordon Rivers 01/12/10
• D.C. Council seeks to make attorney general an elected job 01/05/10
  

  2009

• DCTC, GLOV, GLAA, and Stein Club issue statement on GLLU 12/09/09
• Police may correct hate crime report 11/27/09
• Summersgill criticizes MPD hate crimes reporting 11/23/09
• Rosendall testifies on hate crimes and GLLU 11/20/09
• D.C. issues bias-related crime report 11/19/09
• D.C. Police discontinue checkpoint program 11/18/09
• Graham writes Lanier on GLLU, hate crimes 10/08/09
• Rosenstein responds to Chief Lanier on GLLU 10/05/09
• Chief Lanier addresses recent questions about GLLU 10/05/09
• GLOV co-chairs write to Mayor, Police Chief on GLLU 09/29/09
• Alert: GLLU being downgraded again 09/24/09
• Mendelson writes US Attorney on Tony Hunter murder 09/10/09
• GLAA defends public funding for DC Center 07/22/09
• Durval Martins Vigil May 19th 05/18/09
• GLAA opposes budget cut for Office of Police Complaints 04/06/09
• ACLU/NCA opposes budget cut for Office of Police Complaints 04/02/09
• Eure opposes budget cut for Office of Police Complaints 04/01/09
• Nickles issues revised policy on transgender inmates 02/20/09
• Mendelson rebukes Nickles over curfew from D.C. Jail 02/19/09
  

  2008

• GLAA Action Alert: Urge ‘Yes’ vote on Nickles disapproval 11/18 11/17/08
• Judiciary Committee disapproves Nickles as Attorney General 11/17/08
• Police issue Wanted poster on Robert Hannah 10/08/08
• GLAA raises concerns about MPD Neighborhood Safety Zone initiative 06/06/08
• MPD FAQ on Neighborhood Safety Zone initiative 06/04/08
• Rainbow Response Forum on Intimate Partner Violence April 8 04/06/08
• Chief Lanier clears up ‘misunderstanding’ on club relocation 04/01/08
• GLAA Alert: MPD opposes relocation of Ziegfeld’s/Secrets 03/31/08
• GLAA Endorses Bill for Service of Process on MPD Officers 03/10/08
• ACLU/NCA Supports Bill for Service of Process on MPD Officers 03/03/08
  

  2007

• Hate crime forum set for Dec. 4 11/30/07
• GLAA supports Lanier on police liaison units 11/30/07
• NAACP task force criticizes Lanier for comments on De Onté Rawlings shooting 10/10/07
• NAACP task force writes Chief Lanier on new MPD command team 10/01/07
• GLAA Urges District to settle Kenda Kirby case promptly 08/01/07
• GLAA Update: Meeting with Chief Lanier on GLLU 06/20/07
• NAACP task force writes to Chief Lanier on biased policing and liaison units 06/20/07
• Stein Club votes strong support of GLLU 06/19/07
• GLAA Action Alert: Stop Decentralization of GLLU 06/14/07
• GLAA Urges District to Settle with EEO Expert Wronged by FEMS 05/22/07
• GLAA to Mayor: Please settle Kenda Kirby case 05/22/07
• Court ruling in Kenda Kirby case 04/03/07
• GLAA supports proposed budget for Office of Police Complaints 04/25/07
• GLAA endorses Rubin for Fire/EMS Chief 04/25/07
• GLAA declines to endorse Lanier as police chief 03/16/07
• GLAA urges restoration of cuts in Office of Police Complaints budget for FY 2007 04/19/06
• GLAA urges budget for Fire/EMS training on respect for transgendered citizens 03/30/06
• GLAA urges Catania to demand reform on respect for diversity at Fire/EMS 02/10/06
  

  2006

• Police Complaints Board Issues FY 2005 Annual Report 01/23/06
  

  2005

• GLAA follows up on Omnibus Public Safety Act 08/23/05
• Deputy Mayor responds to GLAA on Fire/EMS grooming policy 06/28/05
• Alston killer gets 24 years 07/29/05
• GLAA to Mayor: Please intervene to stop illegal Fire/EMS grooming policy 06/08/05
• GLAA testifies on Criminal Code Reform Commission Establishment Act 05/31/05
• GLAA testifies on Criminal Code Modernization Amendment Act 05/31/05
• GLAA testifies on Omnibus Public Safety Act 05/31/05
• Patterson First Amendment bill becomes law 04/15/05
• GLAA statement on death of Wanda Alston 03/17/05
• GLAA submits testimony on Office of Human Rights (includes section on DCFD training) 03/04/05
• Saunders testifies for Office of Human Rights 02/25/05
• Rosendall speaks at Council ceremony for Patterson Demonstration bill 01/10/05
  

  2004

• MPD releases biased policing report 12/14/04
• GLAA supports Patterson Demonstration bill and ACLU-endorsed amendments 11/15/04
• GLAA obtains Fire/EMS diversity training materials through FOIA request 04/09/04
• Eure testifies on budget for Office of Citizen Complaint Review 03/30/04
• Task Force urges full funding for Office of Citizen Complaint Review 03/04/04
  

  2003

• Rosendall gives short history of community-police relations to Amnesty International 11/19/03
• Rosendall speaks at memorial for murdered teens 08/12/03
• GLAA cites progress, supports new contract for Chief Ramsey 06/23/03
• Kameny presents Distinguished Service Award to Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit, MPD 04/15/03
• GLAA testifies on police accountability, training 02/24/03
• Expansion approved for MPD Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit 01/14/03
• Where DC officials stand on due-process amendment to Megan’s Law 01/10/03
• GLAA addresses refusal by police districts to provide complaint forms on request; Evans, MPD respond 01/09/03
  

  2002

• GLAA joins Howard students at protest rally 09/20/02
• Norton gets assurances of hate crime treatment of murdered transgendered teens 09/18/02
• Howard students plan protest of University’s response to anti-gay attack 09/18/02
• OCCR’s Eure responds to City Paper on police complaints (Washington City Paper) 08/23/02
• Rosendall: The streetcorner that D.C. forgot (Viewpoint, The Washington Blade) 08/23/02
• Chief Ramsey responds to Council on anti-gay police incident 07/26/02
• Councilmembers respond to anti-gay police incident 07/30/02
• GLAA: Ramsey must act against anti-gay bigotry on DC police force 07/24/02
• Gay rookie charges fellow officer with anti-gay slur
  Incident under investigation by D.C. police Office of Internal Affairs (The Washington Blade) 07/19/02
• Fenty agrees with GLAA on former Chief Few 07/19/02
• GLAA responds to Fire Chief’s resignation 05/31/02
• GLAA submits testimony on Metropolitan Police Department 02/26/02
• GLAA criticizes Fire/EMS Department policies 02/15/02
• GLAA objects to lenient treatment of aggressive panhandler 01/25/02
  

  2001

• NAACP Task Force makes recommendations on Biased Policing Project RFP 09/05/01
• GLAA writes Mayor on DC Fire/EMS Department Grooming Policy 06/06/01
• GLAA Testimony on offensive email transmissions within the MPD 04/24/01
• Graham writes Fire Chief on grooming standards, Human Rights Act 04/18/01
• Activists Find Chief Suddenly Welcoming
  Ramsey Grants Talks As E-Mail Investigation Reveals Police Biases (The Washington Post) 04/04/01
• Chief’s Policy Brings 2 More Suspensions
  D.C. Firefighter Says He Won’t Cut His Hair (The Washington Post) 04/04/01
• ACLU, Union Vow to Fight Fire Chief’s Decision
  Fire Chief Enforcing D.C. Grooming Rules (The Washington Post) 04/04/01
• GLAA demands Fire Chief respect Human Rights Act 04/03/01
• D.C. Officers Upbraided Over E-Mails
  Racist, Vulgar Comments Raise Legal Issues for Department (The Washington Post) 03/29/01
• Ramsey investigates offensive police messages 03/28/01
• D.C. Police Probe Blue E-Mail
  Racist, Vulgar Messages Sent on Patrol Car Computers (The Washington Post) 03/28/01
• Howard University group responds to anti-gay threats 03/03/01
• District To Post Sex Case Offenders
  Judge Limits List, Citing Privacy Suit (The Washington Post) 03/01/01
• Mayor reverses funding cut for Office of Citizen Complaint Review 02/17/01
• GLAA urges full funding for Office of Citizen Complaint Review 02/02/01
• DC Budget Office threatens funding for Office of Citizen Complaint Review 01/31/01
• Office of Citizen Complaint Review open for business 01/05/01
  

  2000

• Payment received in Hunter settlement (11/17/00)
• GLAA contributes 2 TTY machines to Police Department for deaf access (10/06/00)
• HRC hosts summit to address fears of Gallaudet gay student leaders (10/06/00)
• Deaf Queer Resource Center on Eric Plunkett
• Summersgill testifies on Few’s nomination for Fire Chief (09/27/00)
• NAACP Police Task Force defends MPD diversity and sensitivity training (09/18/00)
• Diversity and Sensitivity Training: Where Council Candidates Stand (09/16/00)
• Rosendall criticizes “Redeem the Dream” organizers (The Washington Post) (09/01/00)
• Schwartz responds on Hunter settlement and Human Rights Act (08/21/00)
• District settles Hunter lawsuit for $1.75 million (08/10/00)
• Statement by Margie Hunter on lawsuit settlement (08/10/00)
• After five long years, victory in Tyra Hunter case (08/10/00)
• Police Establish Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit (06/21/00)
• NAACP Police Task Force Urges Amendments to Sentencing Bill (06/16/00)
• GLAA writes councilmembers on FY 2001 budget recommendations (05/18/00)
• GLAA praises Chief Ramsey for Holocaust program (04/24/00)
• GLAA renews call for increased budget for CCRB (04/17/00)
• Chief Ramsey addresses symposium on lessons of the Holocaust (04/12/00)
• Schwartz supports GLAA on CCRB funding (04/04/00)
• NAACP Task Force Calls for Increased Budget for CCRB (03/31/00)
• GLAA calls for adequate CCRB funding, criticizes city budget planning (03/30/00)
• GLAA public safety chair Rick Rosendall interviewed during “Justice for Amadou Diallo” rally (03/02/00)
• GLAA Submits Testimony on Fire/EMS for Oversight Hearing (02/22/00)
• Summersgill reviews Corporation Counsel homophobia at Rigsby nomination hearing (01/06/00)
  

  1999

• GLAA thanks Graham for leadership on sex offender bill (12/30/99)
• Priesing follows up with Police Chief on transgender issues (12/22/99)
• GLAA Expresses “Grave Reservations” Over Nomination of Rigsby as Corporation Counsel (12/13/99)
• Victory: Gay Victims of Entrapment Won’t Be Forced to Register as Sex Offenders (12/07/99)
• Mayor Unleashes Keystone Kops Pearl Harbor Against GLAA/ACLU Amendments (12/07/99)
• GLAA Writes Blade on Megan’s Law (11/30/99)
• Talking Points on Megan’s Law Bill (11/30/99)
• GLAA Action Alert on Megan’s Law (11/28/99)
• GLAA, Allies Push Essential Amendments to Megan’s Law Bill (11/28/99)
• Public Defender Service: FAQs on Megan’s Law (11/23/99)
• Howell Testifies on D.C. Megan’s Law Bill (10/14/99)
• Rosendall writes Metro Weekly on community cooperation in Tyra Hunter case (08/15/99)
• Howell writes Brazil on MPD moonlighting hearing (07/13/99)
• Howell, Rosendall lobby against “emergency” legislation (07/06/99)
• Howell writes Councilmembers on Megan’s Law bill (07/02/99)
• Rep. Barney Frank writes Mayor Williams on Tyra Hunter case (06/29/99)
• GLAA Testifies on Sex Offenders Registration Legislation (06/29/99)
• GLAA submits Tyra Hunter petitions to Mayor Williams (06/22/99)
• Mayor seeks CCRB applicants ASAP (06/19/99)
• Petition to Mayor Williams on Tyra Hunter case (05/29/99)
• GLAA flyer urges protests to Mayor on Tyra Hunter case (05/27/99)
• Community leaders urge Mayor to settle Hunter case (05/26/99)
• NAACP Task Force seeks meeting with Cropp on CCRB appointments (04/22/99)
• GLAA demands local funding for CCRB (03/29/99)
• GLAA testifies on police and corrections (03/03/99)
• NAACP Task Force seeks meeting with Williams on CCRB appointments (02/12/99)
• GLAA focuses on Tyra Hunter case at oversight hearing (02/09/99)
  

  1998

• Rosendall to Williams & Ferren: drop Hunter appeal (12/29/98)
• Dana Priesing reports on Tyra Hunter wrongful death trial (12/15/98)
• Victory in Tyra Hunter case (12/11/98)
• Kameny, Rosendall testify on MPD Management Reform Act (11/20/98)
• Gays meet with Police Chief Ramsey (11/9/98)
• GLAA supports ACLU effort to monitor CCRB (10/29/98)
• Visit Matthew Shepard Online Resources home page (10/16/98)
• Thoughts at a vigil for Matthew Shepard (10/14/98)
• Chief Ramsey endorses CCRB funding
• Ramsey urged to endorse CCRB funding (8/12/98)
• State’s Attorney responds on PG murder case
• GLAA calls for retrial of PG murderer
• GLAA urges passage of CCRB bill (07/01/98)
• anti-gay violence increases 2% nationally (03/03/98)
• Reports of Anti-Gay Violence Rise in D.C. Area (03/04/98)
• GLAA testifies on Civilian Complaint Review Board (02/24/98)
• GLAA provides input for Police Chief search (01/98)
  

  1997

• Police concerns raised at Judiciary hearing (12/97)
• GLAA addresses Truth In Sentencing Commission (12/97)
• Rosendall named to police chief search committee (12/97)
• GLAA calls for Harlan resignation (12/97)
• GLAA congratulates MPD Chief Proctor, seeks meeting (12/97)
• GLAA thanks Ambrose for police reform efforts (11/97)
• GLAA participates in Walk Without Fear 1997 (11/97)
• 1997 Walk Without Fear
• police recruitment flier lacking (10/97)
• GLAA demands accountability from police (10/97)
• GLAA calls for independent civilian police review (09/97)
• GLAA decries “Zero Intelligence” police abuse (05/12/97)
• GLAA joins NAACP Task Force on police, corrections (04/17/97)
• Bullock responds to GLAA on Crew Club raid (02/27/97)