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Posted on 10/19/2004 8:27:45 AM PDT by esryle
PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia's first transgender police officer is in a lot of trouble after she is accused of shooting near another officer during firearm's training.
Police officials will only say that officer Maria Gonzalez has been reassigned to desk duty because of an incident that internal affairs is investigating that allegedly happened Friday night at a firing range.
Gonzalez, 57, is scheduled for a sex change operation next summer. She takes hormones and other medication.
Back then, Gonzalez told NBC 10 in January that she notified her police department about her life change and her officers were supportive.
"All I ask is that they tolerate me and accept me," she said then.
Gonzalez is accused of mishandling firearms and putting other officers in danger.
According to sources, Gonzalez was training other officers at the police academy firing range Friday night when she got into an argument with Officer Marie Schmidt, a 17-year veteran of the force.
Gonzalez allegedly took Schmidt's gun out of her hand and fired a round at the ground, then fired another down range.
Noting the dangers of firing into the ground, police reassigned Gonzalez and she was checked into a hospital for evaluation.
NBC 10 spoke with Schmidt briefly. She was upset and would not talk about the incident.
Paging Waltina!
Probably the hormones.......
Wanna bet she's a registered democrat?
There are so many places you can go with this. Thanks for the post!
they might if you accepted yourself first.
I wonder if this cop became transgendered after another horrible, yet accidental, gun holster accident caused massive damage.
This might be a *Just Damn* ping.
A guy chemically castrating himself in order to turn into fake woman gets into an argument with a real woman and mishandles a gun.
I am sooo glad my husband isn't posting - the pun level would be set to lethal!
Is that a gun in your pocket? Not for much longer...
Just another reason why the police should be the only ones to have guns...Oh wait.
Let me get this straight. You spend almost six decades as living successfully as a man, and now you're having this surgery done, probably at taxpayer expense? What quack approved this?
Just damn.
If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
Gonzalez allegedly took Schmidt's gun out of her hand and fired a round at the ground, then fired another down range.
Sounds like aggrivated assault to me, and a very serious case of anger-management problems. An argument with a colleague among adults should never result in even the thought of firing a gun, let alone actually doing so.
This is my rifle,
This is my gun.
One is for fighting,
The other for fun!-------Ooooops!!!!!!
Thats nice.
That's not good. You should not wish death on people who are suffering.
Hold on a minute, folks, let's not over-generalize, I'm sure that most Transgender Cops are a credit to the uniform.
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