Chief Constable Serena Kennedy recognised her force's past actions had 'ruined lives' and 'had a lasting negative impact'
Chief Constable Serena Kennedy apologised for her force's “over-policing” imposed on the community through the enforcement of legislation that was previously in place.
This evening, Wednesday, June 5, Chief Constable Kennedy met with representatives from the LGBTQ+ community to apologise in person for the wrongs of the past - “recognising that policing has moved on over the last 20 years and there is still work to be done to improve trust and confidence”. “As a result, we have undertaken extensive consultation with our communities, staff, and our LGBTQ+ network over the past 12 months in preparation for today and I am extremely grateful to those who were willing to share their traumatic experiences with us.”
“I am committed to ongoing consultation and engagement to further understand the impact of that time, to ensure we continue to learn from our mistakes and build on proactive and positive work that has been undertaken by the force over many years. “I now have an informed understanding of the harm that has been caused over the years and I wanted to apologise on behalf of Merseyside Police, for our historic mistreatment of our LGBTQ+ communities and our homophobic application of the legislation in place at the time, which was wrongly used to proactively target members of the LGBTQ+ community, in particular gay and bisexual men.
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