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1 Frank H. Galvan & Mohsen Bazargan, Interactions of Latina Transgender Women with Law Enforcement 1 (2012)

handle is hein.lgbtqwi/iltwle0001 and id is 1 raw text is: INTERACTIONS OF LATINA TRANSGENDER WOMEN WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT Frank H. Galvan, Ph.D. Bienestar Human Services, Inc. Mohsen Bazargan, Ph.D. Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This policy brief examines interactions with law enforcement by Latina transgender women. Two hundred and twenty primarily immigrant Spanish-speaking Latina transgender women in Los Angeles County, California, provided information on their experiences with law enforcement, including police, prison guards, undercover officers and sheriffs. The data reveal a history of negative interactions with law enforcement on the part of a large number of Latina transgender women: Two-thirds reported verbal harassment by law enforcement. Twenty-one percent reported physical assault by law enforcement. Twenty-four percent reported sexual assault by law enforcement. Of those lodging a report against the police, two-thirds stated that their report had been handled poorly or very poorly. Almost 60% of those stopped by law enforcement in the previous year believed that this had occurred without their violating any law. Many reported being stopped while doing everyday things like coming back from the grocery store and waiting for the bus. The vast majority (71%) described the police's interactions with the transgender community in negative terms. Typical responses included comments that police were aggressive and disrespectful and sometimes used male terms or called them it. Those respondents who stated they had been jailed reported high levels of harassment and violence from other inmates and stated that correction officers often failed to protect them or address this abuse. Thirty percent of those jailed reported having been verbally assaulted by other inmates, 11% physically assaulted and 10% sexually assaulted. When asked to describe how law enforcement personnel responded to their reports of harassment or assault by other inmates, an overwhelming number (70%) of those who had been jailed reported that law enforcement responded in a negative manner (33%) or did nothing about the incident (37%). 1

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