The VPD has previously said unauthorized patches should not be worn on uniforms
    • pewter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      Allowing religious symbols on police uniforms opens up the gate for people wanting to wear hijabs with their police uniforms.

      Sikh cops are allowed to wear turbans and it doesn’t harm anyone when they do.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Any symbols other than the flag of the jurisdiction you’re serving should be forgone while wearing a uniform.

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      65·
      10 months ago

      What part of a police officer’s job is made impossible by wearing a scarf or a hat?

      The government should not be forbidding anyone’s religious practice. That being said, a patch on a uniform is not a religious obligation. Totally different category from a kippah, hijab, turban, ash, bindi, etc.

        • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
          43·
          10 months ago

          That position requires a willful ignorance of the difference between a religious symbol and a religious practice.

          Do you really think it’s a coincidence that the law carves out a specific prohibition on religious practices that doesn’t affect Christians, the dominant religious group? Your flag has a cross on it.

      • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
        13·
        10 months ago

        What part of a police officer’s job is made impossible by wearing a scarf or a hat?

        Uniform dress