Paul Grady

Paul Grady is a police officer. He is known for establishing a police bicycle program in Seattle. He is also known for speaking out about being LGBT and a police officer.

The International Police Mountain Bike Association credits Seattle for starting the police bike program.[1] The start was when Seattle police officers Paul Grady and Mike Miller patrolled on their mountain bikes in July 1987.[1]

The program in Seattle was quickly successful.[2]

Grady gave bike training to police in Florida in 1991.[3]

In 1993 Grady resigned from the Seattle police force due to LGBT harassment.[4] He described that other officers left information about AIDS in his workspace in a hostile way.[4] He was one of the undercover police who investigated the gay Monastery church and disco, but police officers ridiculed him for being gay and doing gay-related police work.[4] He was reprimanded for testifying to the state about hate crimes against LGBT people because police are supposed to follow rules for neutrality.[4] At the time he quit there were no other LGBT police officers in Seattle out, and he recommended that none come out or they will be harassed.[4]

References
  1. MCNERTHNEY, CASEY (26 November 2007). "Bike patrols take off, and Seattle police lead the pack". seattlepi.com.
  2. Kariya, Mark (May 1, 2004). "How To Start a Bicycle Patrol Unit". www.policemag.com.
  3. Datko, Karen (August 3, 1991). "Police put a new spin on patrols". Tampa Bay Times.
  4. Shatzkin, Kate (May 30, 1993). "Gay Officer Quits, Cites Harassment". Seattle Times.
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