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Improving cop/queer relations | Xtra Magazine

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What would you do to improve the way cops deal with queers? “A lot of people understand that police need to do their jobs, but they also point out that there needs to be a shift in general police attitudes,” says Anna Willats, who is organizing a series of focus groups and public consultations on policing in queer communities. Willats is working closely with members of the Pussy Palace class-action suit. The suit, launched in 2003 over a 2000 raid, was settled last December; one of the stipulations was that the Toronto Police Service require all officers to undergo improved queer s

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