The commissioner of South Yorkshire Police has expressed regret to theddddd community for the “untold harm” inflicted by the force’s earlier homophobic mistakes.
Chief Constable Lauren Poultney of the force wrote: «I want you to know I have heard you». in an email to the Sheffield LGBTQ+ youth organisation SAYiT.
After a nationwide campaign in the UK led by Peter Tatchell, South Yorkshire Police is the third force to issue an apology.
The advocate for LGBTQ+ rights said it «draws a line” under previous wrongdoings.
Early in the month of June, the Peter Tatchell Foundation began a campaign urging all UK police chiefs to apologise for «decades-long victimisation» of the LGBTQ+ community, bbc.com reports.
