Fiona K
11-22-2004, 12:29 PM
I don't know if this news was seen elsewhere but I was amazed, and a little proud of my local coppers for this:
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1318812004
Love, Fiona
Two years' paid leave for sex-change officers
POLICE officers in Edinburgh are to be offered up to two years’ paid leave if they undergo sex-change treatment.
The Lothian and Borders force has become the first in Scotland to issue guidelines on how to treat officers who have changed sex.
Officers will be offered time off for hormone therapy and a full sex-change operation. The new guidelines cover employment rights and set out how an officer who has changed gender should be treated when they return to work. They cover sensitive issues including when to switch uniforms and changing rooms to those of their new sex.
Anyone who does not use the "appropriate pronoun" when addressing a transsexual officer or makes upsetting remarks could face disciplinary action. Peter Thickett, the force’s human resources director, said: "This document is something we are very proud of and we regard it to be the definitive policy on the issue. We know we have transsexuals in the force and a number of people are considering the change."
A fellow officer who "outs" a sex change colleague will face charges of gross misconduct.
The rules also set limits to what sex change PCs can do in the course of their duties, and they are banned from carrying out intimate searches of suspects of either sex.
At present it is thought there are five transsexual police officers serving in Scotland, although it is thought many more are considering the change.
http://news.scotsman.com/edinburgh.cfm?id=1318812004
Love, Fiona
Two years' paid leave for sex-change officers
POLICE officers in Edinburgh are to be offered up to two years’ paid leave if they undergo sex-change treatment.
The Lothian and Borders force has become the first in Scotland to issue guidelines on how to treat officers who have changed sex.
Officers will be offered time off for hormone therapy and a full sex-change operation. The new guidelines cover employment rights and set out how an officer who has changed gender should be treated when they return to work. They cover sensitive issues including when to switch uniforms and changing rooms to those of their new sex.
Anyone who does not use the "appropriate pronoun" when addressing a transsexual officer or makes upsetting remarks could face disciplinary action. Peter Thickett, the force’s human resources director, said: "This document is something we are very proud of and we regard it to be the definitive policy on the issue. We know we have transsexuals in the force and a number of people are considering the change."
A fellow officer who "outs" a sex change colleague will face charges of gross misconduct.
The rules also set limits to what sex change PCs can do in the course of their duties, and they are banned from carrying out intimate searches of suspects of either sex.
At present it is thought there are five transsexual police officers serving in Scotland, although it is thought many more are considering the change.