Toronto Police say its Gender Diversity and Trans Inclusion (GDTI) project continues to make progress on several initiatives to ensure all areas of the force are updated with a gender diverse and trans inclusion lens.

The revised policies, procedures, orders, forms and training materials were presented at a virtual community consultation hosted by Chief James Ramer on January 19, police said.
This work has included a new Standard of Conduct requiring Toronto police members to show respect to trans and gender diverse people, new guidance on searches and housing trans and gender diverse people, guidance for news releases and expanding the definition of immediate family.

Officers will have to undergo a mandatory training on the changes.

The Service is  asking the community to provide feedback on how they would like police to be evaluated on the impact of this work. A survey is underway until April 20.
An essential part of the project involves gathering feedback from members of the community who are impacted the most, to ensure policy changes effectively meet their expectations, police say.

Members of the community are invited to participate in a second community consultation scheduled for March 23, with with more details to follow.

The catalyst for the Service’s Gender Diversity and Trans Inclusion Project is a settlement with Boyd Kodak and the Ontario Human Rights Commission, reached after allegations of discrimination based on gender and gender identity were made against the Service.

For more information about the Gender Diversity and Trans Inclusion Project, please visit www.tps.on.ca/trans-inclusion-project.