FW chief says he'll add LGBT liaison, sensitivity training

Fort Worth Police Chief Jeffrey Halstead has promised a complete investigation into actions by officers with his department during the June 28 raid on the Rainbow Lounge.

He also said he intends to appoint a liaison to the LGBT community, as well as to other minority communities, and that he will implement sensitivity training that specifically addresses LGBT issues.

Speaking at a previously planned community forum in East Fort Worth on Tuesday night, Halstead said his department’s first priority had been determining exactly how Chad Gibson had incurred the head injury that led to his hospitalization.

But after reading aloud from a statement from the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in which the TABC administrator said Gibson was in TABC custody when the injury occurred, Halstead said the Fort Worth PD’s internal investigation can now move on to other questions surrounding the actions of its officers during the raid, which occurred on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion.

Carolyn Beck, spokeswoman for TABC, said Wednesday morning, July 1, that Halstead had been reading from a draft copy of a statement and that the official statement would be released to the press when it was complete. See FW chief says he'll add LGBT liaison, sensitivity training Dallas Voie