RPD names LGBTQ+ community liaison
Free Press staff report | 5/11/2023, 6 p.m.
The Richmond Police Department has named Capt. Kimberly Mooney as the Department’s LGBTQ+ community liaison (lesbian, gay, transgender and queer/questioning community). The mission of RPD’s LGBTQ+ community liaison is to facilitate conversations and strengthen relationships with the community as well as increasing awareness, training and knowledge of inclusiveness within the department.
“We all deserve safe spaces. We all deserve a world of trust, a world where we all belong. The Richmond Police Department is committed to those goals,” said Capt. Mooney. “I am thrilled, as the new LGBTQ+ liaison, to be able to work with the community to help us all achieve them.”
In noting Capt. Mooney’s appointment, Interim Police Chief Rick Edwards said “Richmond is a diverse city and it’s important we’re proac- tive to ensure we hear from all voices within the community we serve. Capt. Mooney has been a valued leader within our department for more than 18 years and as our LGBTQ+ liaison I’m confident she will foster those partnerships that are vitally important to our mission at RPD.”
Capt. Mooney has a history of advocating for LGBTQ+ residents through various com- munity forums and has worked collaboratively with members of Diversity Richmond. She leads the LGBTQ+ Awareness course for all RPD sworn officers and recruits, facilitating conversations to ensure officers are allies and are able to create a safe space for others to approach any police officer within the department.
