Police Drop Scout Post Over Policy on Gays
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SAN DIEGO — Police Chief Bob Burgreen severed the department’s ties to the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday because the organization discriminates against homosexuals.
Burgreen said he ordered police officials to return a charter to operate a police Explorer post for the Boy Scouts. The San Diego Police Explorer Post has been a part of the department for
more than 25 years.
Burgreen said he acted after learning that local Boy Scout officials had removed El Cajon Police Officer Chuck Merino as adviser to that city’s Explorer troop after Merino acknowledged that
he is homosexual.