Police - Uk Flag Badge Ban

[agchristie]

Well, is it offensive?

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/611264/fury-officers-told-not-wear-UK-flag-badge-memory-killed-colleagues

[dannyk13]

Only to the lunatic PC brigade.

[VHG]

I love the way the Mail and Express always used words like "fury" in their headlines.

My guess is the police are not allowed to wear ANY sort of badge like that, because once you allow one sort of badge where do you stop.

Nothing to do with it being offensive.

[anotheoldgit]

No can't possibly allow them to wear a tiny badge in case it may offend certain communities.

http://hayatshah.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/8041566401_dc152d2092_z.jpg

[Zacs-Master]

So you've automatically assumed those communities are Muslim?

[Peter Pedant]

a uniform is a uniform and should not be decorated ?

Suppose one felt strongly about Breast Cancer ? and wore the doo-dah ? ( dogzbollox or whatever the logo is ) - or Colon cancer - or oh heavens AOG - erm HIV ? no no surely not that !

[Svejk]

Why wouldn't you. It always is.

[anotheoldgit]

Peter Pedant

Don't know why you are pointing the finger especially at me?

[Peter Pedant]

oops sorry AOG
a good one in your style tho !

[IggyB]

Uniform policy, personnel are recognised and standardised, uniform in their appearance and uniform in their approach to the public. Strength through sameness.

[Orderlimit]

The police are allowed to wear badges (it says so in the report) but defo not anything to do with the Union flag !

[vulcan42]

The American police put a mourning strip on their badges.
http://www.gloucestercitynews.net/.a/6a00d8341bf7d953ef012877aa69e2970c-800wi
We don't have this type of badge so a small mourning badge should be allowed. According to the article other badges are allowed including the poppy, a symbol commemorating the many thousands who died in combat, so to ban one mourning the loss of a comrade on duty seems bizarre.
I'm not sure who the communities are who will be offended but I guess these people will be offended whatever the police wear.
I see nothing wrong with this being worn.
http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTE5NFgxNjAw/z/IXkAAOSwv0tVLjhm/$_35.JPG

[naomi24]

The badges should be issued as regulation – regardless of who they offend.

[Baldric]

From the link

///Yet despite the Commissioner’s words Scotland Yard *Uniform Policy* still does not give formal permission for the badges to be worn.///

They are a Uniform Service, they have rules concerning the wearing of that Uniform, If those rules are upheld no-one will be offended

[bazwillrun]

"So you've automatically assumed those communities are Muslim? "

but we never had these problems before they flooded in here did we ?

[Orderlimit]

Police stations have been known to remove the Union Flag from outside the front of their buildings (in some cases replaced by the Gay Pride flag) in fear of offending some groups.

[THECORBYLOON]

Do you think the police should be allowed to wear any badges they want to?

[Orderlimit]

No, I don't think they should wear any non-uniform badges.

[shoota]

Other than medal ribbons and poppies badges are not allowed on Police uniform.
'Blind eyes' used to be turned to a discreet tie pin used to stop the tie flapping about but strictly speaking - no badges.

[anotheoldgit]

Orderlimit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1134647/Outrage-police-station-ditches-Union-Jack--gay-rights-flag.html

But not only Police stations it would seem;

https://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/news/shropshire-fire-and%E2%80%88rescue-service-fly-rainbow-flag-support-idaho

[Gromit]

I don't find the thin blue line motif offensive, but it is not part of their uniform. No badges, stickers, logos or any other slogan or design should be added to the uniform. If the rule is relaxed for this admittedly worthy reason, it will lead to all sorts of badges being worn for reasons we don't agree with. Soon we will have police pinned with Pakistani Independence Day badges, World AIDS awareness Day badges or Greenpeace badges. So there should be no exceptions to this rule.