Serena Kennedy offers her 'sincere apology' for historical 'ill-treatment and prejudice'.
Merseyside Police Chief Constable Serena Kennedy issued the statement in response to a request from gay rights campaigner Peter TatchellChief Constable Serena Kennedy issued the statement in response to a letter sent last year by the human rights campaigner
Mr Tatchell had urged all police forces in the UK to apologise for "decades long victimisation" of LGBT+ people, particularly in the 1980s and 1990s.officiallMs Kennedy said the force's response followed a period of "extensive consultation" with representatives from the local LGBTQ+ community. "Our mistreatment had the ripple effect across the whole LGBTQ+ community and the impact on their relationship with Merseyside Police."On receipt of the letter, Ms Kennedy said she had "immediately recognised the need to address past injustices and acknowledge the harm caused by over-zealous policing and behaviour, policies and processes that enabled homophobia to thrive at that time".
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