While officers have embraced the thin blue line as a symbol of on\u002Dthe\u002Djob solitary, others view it as a dividing line between police and those they serve.
Deputy chief Fiona Wilson said the decision to prohibit officers from sporting the symbol is not due to its contentiousness, but the Vancouver Police Department’s long-standing policy against unauthorized adornments.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
He said on Twitter that he wore it as a “memorial to many of the friends and colleagues I have lost” in the line of duty. At an October meeting with Vancouver’s Indigenous advisory committee, Van Beek said committee members felt the patch was a dividing line between police and those they serve, including Indigenous people.Rob Gordon, a professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University agrees that the patch is divisive.
“The thin blue line means service, sacrifice, esprit de corps, it’s recognizing fallen officers and officers injured in the line of duty, so it has deep meaning for police officers,” Palmer told reporters.
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