CaractacusPotts@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoVancouver police officer is directed to remove Star of David patch from uniformvancouversun.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down115
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minus-squarepewter@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 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.
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minus-squarepewter@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 months agoCanada has at least one. America has them. Being able to see someone’s hair doesn’t really seem like a requirement for police officers. Back in the day, police officers all wore hats in the US anyways.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoYou talking about the uniform caps, or just hats in general?
minus-squarepewter@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI consider caps to be hats, yes.
Sikh cops are allowed to wear turbans and it doesn’t harm anyone when they do.
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Canada has at least one. America has them. Being able to see someone’s hair doesn’t really seem like a requirement for police officers. Back in the day, police officers all wore hats in the US anyways.
You talking about the uniform caps, or just hats in general?
I consider caps to be hats, yes.