Every officer with the Palo Alto (CA) Police Department will undergo LGBTQ training after a gay man sued the department and the city alleging that his civil rights were violated during an incident in February 2018.
According to the Mercury News , the Palo Alto city council agreed to pay a settlement of $572,500 to Gustavo Alvarez for an incident in which a number of officers arrested him at home for driving with a suspended license. Alvarez alleged that he was arrested because he is gay.