Posted on 10/06/2021 2:24:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) — Building relationships with the LGBTQ community and enrolling local businesses to act as shelters where bias crime victims can seek immediate help are parts of a new program rolled out Wednesday by a New Jersey prosecutor’s office.
Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey introduced the program to assign liaisons to members of the gay, lesbian and other communities to chip away at decades of distrust between them and law enforcement.
She enlisted the help of three Jersey Shore cities to conduct the pilot program called “Safe Place,” modeled after a similar initiative in Seattle. The program works with local businesses to display the rainbow-colored “Safe Place” logo in their windows to let victims of bias or hate crimes know their establishment is somewhere they can enter to seek shelter while authorities are called.
“It’s a goal of our program to build bridges and collaborate with the LGBTQ community, some of whom have a distrust of law enforcement,” Linskey said. “I want members of the LGBTQ community to feel if they need help, they can call on law enforcement and be treated with dignity and respect in times of crisis.”
The prosecutor said her office is also soliciting the help of members of law enforcement who are part of the LGBTQ community, pledging to support them in their jobs.
David D’Amico, chief investigator for the Middlesex County Department of Corrections, who is gay, said it can be challenging to work “in a profession that sometimes does not look at you as an equal.”
State Police Lt. John Hayes, who also is gay, said the program is “a step in the right direction.”
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Quote: She enlisted the help of three Jersey Shore cities to conduct the pilot program called “Safe Place,” modeled after a similar initiative in Seattle.
What an idiot - no one is safe in my home town of Seattle, and it is going to get worse if they continue to elect insane officials (and they will) and scores of police officers quit due to the vaccine mandate.
go back to the safety of your CLOSET!!!
Aren’t hate crimes defined by the...offended? A trans-person could say I enacted a hate crime, because I wouldn’t curtsy when he walked by in a dress.
He is half way to a ten horn beast.
There ought to be as many “bias crimes” as are reported. The ones doing the hoaxing should be the ones charge with bias crimes.
Allair State Park is in Wall Township, not Freehold.
“Allair State Park is in Wall Township, not Freehold.”
Correct, that’s why I said “by Freehold.” and not “in Freehold”.
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