The Georgia police department that fired an officer for asking a biological male to stay out of a women’s restroom will begin putting all its officers through sensitivity training this month. The mandatory “LGBTQIA+” class will push several tenets of transgender ideology that remain in dispute, The Center Square has learned.
In training costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars in work hours, DeKalb County Police officers will be told that biological sex isn’t fixed, but rather “assigned at birth.” They’ll hear that sex is actually on a spectrum – a controversial concept espoused by left-wing gender activists.
And “gender pronouns matter,” says a PowerPoint being shown to officers. Some people should be referred to as “they/them.” Refusing to use that language is like saying, “I would rather hurt you repeatedly than change the way I speak about you.”
Officers will also be directed that if they encounter a transgender person, it’s a major no-no to ask their real name. They’ll be told male crime suspects should be given the option to have “female” checked when entering their information on an official police report.
That’s all within class materials for the DeKalb County Police Department’s new “LGBTQIA+ Awareness & Sensitivity Training,” which The Center Square obtained through a request filed under the Georgia Open Records Act.
