Policy Text
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GENERAL ORDER
137 INTERACTIONS WITH TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS
REVISION DATE: 09/30/2022
BY ORDER OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
SUNNY ISLES BEACH
POLICE DEPARTMENT ORIGINAL EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/30/22
PREVIOUS REVISIONS:
RESCINDS: All previously issued directives REFERENCE :
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. PURPOSE ....................................................... ............................................................... .... 1
B. POLICY ........................................................ ............................................................... ...... 1
C. DEFINITIONS ................................................... ............................................................... 1
D. SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY ....................................... .............................................. 2
E. PROCEDURES .................................................... ............................................................. 2
A. PURPOSE
To establish guidelines for the appropriate, safe, and dignifie d interactions with transgender individuals by
members of the Sunny Isles Beach P olice Department. This policy provides members of the Sunny Isles
Beach Police Department with guidelines for the interaction wit h transgender individuals and consists of
the following.
B. POLICY
It is the policy of the Sunny Is les Beach Police Department to treat all individuals with dignity, respect, and
professionalism. No person shall be discriminated against based on gender identity, sexual orientation, or
any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal laws.
C. DEFINITIONS
Transgender Female - A person whose gender at birth was male, b ut identifies and lives as a female. Such
persons should be addressed using feminine pronouns (i.e. she, her, and hers).
Transgender Identity - A person who utilizes or identifies them selves by gender or persona other than that
assigned at birth.
Transgender Male - A person whos e gender at birth was female, b ut identifies and lives as a male. Such
persons should be addressed using masculine pronouns (i.e. he, him, and his).
INTERACTIONS WITH TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS
General Order 137
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D. SCOPE AND APPLICABILITY
This directive applies to all members of the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department.
E. PROCEDURES
1. Addressing Individuals
a. Employees shall address a transgender individual using the pers on’s clearly stated gender identity,
including preferred name and appropriate pronouns. Employees wh o are unsure which pronoun is
appropriate shall respectfully ask the transgender person which they prefer.
b. If a person has not clearly stated their gender identity, but t he person’s intended gender presentation is
reasonably clear based on attire and other cues, the individual shall be treated in accordance with their
expressed gender.
c. If a person’s self-identified or expressed gender is unclear, t he officer should make a determination based
on any other available information. Gender information on gover nment-issued identification and other
documents may be used as presump tive evidence of gender identit y only in the absence of self-identification
by the individual or some other obvious expression of gender id entity.
d. Officers shall avoid unnecessary personal questions regarding a n individual’s anatomy or sexual history.
2. Calls For Service
All calls for service or complai nts by transgender individuals shall be addressed and inv estigated in accordance
with applicable Departmental po licies for any other call for se rvice or complaint.
3. Stop And Frisk
a. An officer shall conduct all stop and frisk encounters, field i nterviews, searches, and seizures with or
without a warrant in conformance with agency policy (Bias based profiling and Search of person) and
controlling state and federal law.
b. A stop, frisk, or search shall not be performed for the sole pu rpose of determining an individual’s anatomical
gender. Transgender individuals s hall