The association that represents more than 2,000 Calgary police officers is encouraging its members to collectively 'take a stand' against a police commission order that they no longer wear the controversial thin blue line patch.
On-duty Calgary police officers are no longer permitted to wear these patches as of Thursday.
The thin blue line patches have a history of being associated with white supremacy. The commission said the symbol has been featured in high-profile protests with links to white nationalist or racist views and it's been seen at counter-protests against the Black Lives Matter movement. In his letter to association members, Orr said the association anticipated this decision from the police commission and "purchased a sufficient number of TBL patches for all our uniformed members, as well as TBL lapel pins for those working in plain clothes."Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra, who is also a member of the police commission, made it clear on Thursday that the commission will be enforcing its stance on the ban.
Coun. Gian-Carlo Carra says it's still 'to be determined' what will happen if police officers choose to wear the thin blue line patches despite the commission's decision to no longer allow them. The police commission said Wednesday the patch needs to be replaced with a symbol that "better reflects the values of Calgarians."
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