--- description: The Justice Department has launched a program to train local police departments to better respond to transgender people suffering from abuse title: U.S. Police to Get Transgender Training image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c006fe1fcd11989/698687c0e53aba30624d1b98/81764404.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [hate crimes](/tag/hate-crimes/) ## hate crimes Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # U.S. Police to Get Transgender Training  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Mar 28, 2014 7:03 AM CUT  In this file photo from 2008, members of the Hayward, California police department take part in the 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Celebration In this file photo from 2008, members of the Hayward, California police department take part in the 38th Annual San Francisco LGBT Pride CelebrationDavid Paul Morris—Getty Images  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large Mar 28, 2014 7:03 AM CUT The Justice Department has [launched](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/doj-trains-cops-help-transgender-crime-victims "undefined") a program to train local police departments to better respond to transgender people, who disproportionately suffer from violence and abuse. Launched Thursday, the initiative will help officers to identify hate crimes and foster trust within the transgender population. Law enforcement officials say many in the community are often reluctant to report such crimes, reports Associated Press. “It’s clear that such a training is as necessary as it is overdue,” says Associate Attorney-General Tony West. “Because too often, in too many places, we know that transgender victims are discouraged from reporting hate crimes and hate violence due to their past negative interactions with and perceptions of law enforcement.” \[[AP](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/doj-trains-cops-help-transgender-crime-victims "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/41281/u-s-police-to-get-transgender-training/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/41281/u-s-police-to-get-transgender-training/"},"headline":"U.S. Police to Get Transgender Training","datePublished":"2014-03-28T07:03:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:01:00.925Z","description":"Officers to learn how to spot hate crimes and build trust with a community that is disproportionately at risk of abuse","url":"https://time.com/41281/u-s-police-to-get-transgender-training/","keywords":["hate crimes","abuse","Transgender","Department of Justice","homosexual"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c006fe1fcd11989/698687c0e53aba30624d1b98/81764404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c006fe1fcd11989/698687c0e53aba30624d1b98/81764404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"San Francisco Celebrates Gay Pride With Annual Parade","caption":"San Francisco Celebrates Gay Pride With Annual Parade","creditText":"David Paul Morris—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/hate-crimes/","name":"hate crimes"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/41281/u-s-police-to-get-transgender-training/","name":"U.S. Police to Get Transgender Training"}}]}] ```