Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has defended his decision to ban officers from wearing the thin blue line badge. The badge was created as a "mark of remembrance and respect" for officers ...

The change comes as many police forces across Canada that have banned members from wearing the Thin Blue Line while on duty. The RCMP directed officers to stop wearing it in 2020, and it has been ...

Met Police ‘bans wearing of Thin Blue Line badge by officers at London Pride’ Sunday 2 July 2023 at 12:06am Pride in London Parade Credit: PA Archive/PA Images ...

The badge, which is a black and white Union flag with a thin horizontal blue line, is worn as a “mark of remembrance and respect” for those who lost their lives while working in the force.

Tacoma police have removed “thin blue line” flag stickers from 130 of its patrol cars after several residents expressed concern that the decal could be divisive.

Met Police ‘bans wearing of Thin Blue Line badge by officers at London Pride’ The symbol has become politically charged in the US, where it has been used by counterprotesters at Black Lives ...

Police officers at London Pride were reportedly told not to wear a badge commemorating officers killed in the line of duty because of concerns about its links to far-right groups in the US. While ...

Police constable Andrew Harper was killed near Sulhamstead in 2019 (Thames Valley Police) His mother, Debbie Adlam, told the newspaper that she considered the badge, which consists of a blue line ...