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D.C. Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit Gets Full-Time Sergeant

D.C. Police Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit Gets Full-Time Sergeant

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The appointment marks the first time a supervisor has been dedicated to the unit since 2009.

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The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department's Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit has its first full-time supervisor since 2009.

"Sgt. Matthew Mahl has replaced Sgt. Carlos Mejia, who had been serving as supervisor of both the GLLU and the Latino Liaison Unit," the Washington Blade reports. "LGBT activists, while praising Mejia for his work at the GLLU, have long called on police officials to name a sergeant to head the GLLU who spends all of his or her time assigned to the unit."

However, a departmental memo refers to Mahl's work "while he is detailed to the Special Liaison Division," making it unclear whether his appointment is temporary or permanent, the Blade reports. The Special Liaison Division includes the Gay and Lesbian Liaison Unit and three others. The Blade could not get clarification by press time.

Also, recently the department called on LGBT groups and the Anti-Defamation League to assist in its response to a rash of hate crimes. Read more coverage here.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.