By The Star Staff
The LGBTQ+ Federation of Puerto Rico announced Thursday that it reached agreements with the Police Bureau commissioner and the local head of the FBI that address core issues regarding the treatment of LGBTQ+ people and the protection of their civil rights.
“We are satisfied with the announcement by Police Commissioner Antonio López, establishing links with the LGBTQ+ community in 13 police regions,” said Pedro Julio Serrano, president of the federation. “The agents in charge of the citizen interaction committees will now address complaints from the LGBTQ+ people in each police region and ensure their civil rights are protected.”
Olga Chapman Rivera, the federation’s communications director, added: “Likewise, we will continue to work collaboratively with the federal Justice Department, the FBI, and the Office of the Police Reform Monitor to evaluate the training and protocols that have to do with matters related to the LGBTQ+ community.”
The organizations will make visual representations of appropriate exchanges with LGBTQ+ people by uniformed officers and participate in police training, noted Eduardo Cintrón, the alternate secretary of the federation.
“In addition, the head of the FBI in Puerto Rico, Joseph González, promised that his team will train the police liaisons with the LGBTQ+ community on the correct treatment of people in the community and the attention to crimes against our population,” said Carmen Milagros Vélez Vega, director of the federation. “This joint effort will allow our civil rights to be respected.”
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