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.
In a letter to members obtained by CBC News, Calgary Police Association president John Orr writes, “We encourage each and everyone of you to wear this important symbol in defiance of the order from the commission.”
After a year of deliberation, the Calgary Police Commission announced its decision on Wednesday that on-duty police are not permitted to wear Canadian flag patches with a thin blue line through them.
The thin blue
