Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.RELATED: There is concern surrounding a controversial patch worn by some Montreal police officers at the anti-mandate protest this past weekend. The SPVM says it's reviewing its uniform policy.
Police Chief Fady Dagher unveiled the changes during a closed-door meeting Tuesday where he discussed updates on the dress code for the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal, or SPVM. “It was also important to remind police officers, through this modernized procedure, that their duty of impartiality in interventions must also be reflected in their clothing and physical appearance, that they must not display bias for a cause more than another,” the police department said in statement.The Thin Blue Line patch is usually a black-and-white Canadian flag with a blue line through the middle.
Montreal police unveiled a new symbol that officers can wear to honour their fallen colleagues. It’s meant to replace the Thin Blue Line patch.Montreal police say the internal policies for uniforms and dress code was last updated in 2005. The new rules will come into effect after the summer season.
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 banned for Ottawa police since February 2021.Trudeau to attend G7 and Ukraine peace summits next month
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