Las Vegas Adult Entertainment: I-Team: Taxicab Authority Under Fire Over Policy on Diseases
March 2, 2010 by newsdoggiestyle
Although TA officers primarily focus on the taxi industry, like other peace officers, they have a lot of discretion, which is why written policies about enforcement priorities are so important, and making this unusual policy all the more disturbing.
The heading is Exposure to Communicable Diseases, spelling out how the TA can protect its employees and the public from those suspected of having infections.
And who are those people? According to the TA, high-risk groups include homosexuals, I.V. drug users and prostitutes.
Former TA Officer Scott Lewis says he was floored when he read the policy manual given to him by his boss at the TA.
“It took my breath away to read that,” he said. “It lumps in homosexuals and gays with drug users and prostitutes. Drug users and prostitutes as we know are criminals.”
See the full article from “KLAS-TV”