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Issue No. 261 | 29 April 2005 |
Lest We Forget
Interview: Australia@Work Unions: State of the Union Industrial: Fashion Accessories Legal: Leg Before Picket Politics: Business Welfare Brats Health: Cannabis Controversy Economics: Debt, Deficit, Downturn History: Politics In The Pubs Review: Three Bob's Worth Poetry: Do The Slowly Chokie
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Labor Council of NSW |
News Cops Not Fashion Victims
Under new uniform guidelines secured by the NSW Police Association, officers will no longer be obliged to wear ties while undertaking frontline operations. The change, that will mean ties do not need to be worn with cargo pants during winter months, are the final stage in a modernisation of police uniforms that has been championed by the NSW Police Association for two years. Whilst initially reluctant to accept the Association proposal, relentless advocacy and the obvious logic of the reform won over Police Commissioner Moroney. NSW Police Association president Bob Pritchard today described the win as "a victory for common sense". "This completes the transition from a ceremonial uniform to an operational uniform for frontline police," Pritchard says "There is still most definitely a place for a ceremonial uniform at official functions such as funerals, parades and court hearings, but it is not appropriate for street policing. Pritchard says there is something faintly absurd about expecting police to wear ties whilst having rocks thrown at them during incidents such as Macquarie Fields and Redfern. "This solution gives frontline police a practical, user friendly uniform that will only improve their effectiveness in protecting the community."
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