A recent San Jose Police Department training bulletin establishes procedures for law enforcement interactions with the LGBTQ community in the South Bay city and has drawn praise from counterparts in San Francisco.
The bulletin, sent February 8 from acting Police Chief David Tindall, sets some procedures that are already familiar to San Franciscans, such as conversing with the public using individuals' stated names and pronouns, and some that are not, such as referring to people with their stated name and not their legal name in official reports, after a first reference. "Every individual has the right to be addressed by the name and pronoun corresponding to their gender identity.