The Gay Police Association (GPA) exists to:
- Work towards equal opportunities for lesbian and gay police service employees
- Offer advice and support to lesbian and gay police service employees
- Promote better relations between the police service and the lesbian and gay community
In addition to our work to support gay staff, we also work to educate the police service and central government on all issues connected with sexual orientation and policing. This includes policy development; the investigation of homophobic hate crime; victim care; and family & community
liaison.
The GPA works in partnership with police forces in the UK to ensure the issues of homophobic crime aren't overlooked, and to provide a quality service to LGBT people.
As a Staff Association, our primary role is to support colleagues within the service; but as LGBT police officers and staff, we have a role to play in ensuring that every police force takes homophobic hate crime seriously.