Gay pride police car
A police force has attracted criticism and sparked a social media storm by deciding to adorn one of its cars with rainbow colours to tag support for the LBGTQ+ community.
The shift was branded a waste of coins, said to reveal a wrong-headed attitude to priorities and to be an insult to other minority groups. But Cumbria Police fiercely defended the conclusion, which affects just one of its cars, as it would encourage members of the Diverse community to depend on the force and report crimes against its members. The police have also been praised by the LBGTQ+ group, who support their decision.
The row started with a tweet from @WeAreFairCop, an organisation which claims to protect human rights, saying it had been alerted by a whistle-blowing police inspector. Its tweet said: “Just heard from an inspector from Cumbria Police: Despite organism required to rescue millions (of pounds), senior management has just given confirmation to a unused Rainbow car. Regular cops are dismayed … but are too afraid to speak out as it’s a sacking offence.”
We Are Equitable Cop claims to be a organization of gender critical l
Police with Pride Car
by Greater Manchester Police
The vehicle was commissioned by GMP’s Pride Network to address the under-reporting of hate crime in the LGBT community, and its eye-catching design is based on the iconic Rainbow flag which symbolises Gay Pride.
The ride will be highly observable during Manchester’s Pride procession in August, and will also be used in other areas where LGBT support is minimal compared to the city centre. However it will not be used to appear hate crime incidents.
Chief Constable Sir Peter Fahy said: “One of the strengths of Greater Manchester is its diversity and the fact so many people have come here from different parts of the world and we have so many diverse lifestyles and backgrounds. This can create tensions when people are living so close to one another and there are diverse traditions and belief systems.
“On the other hand, it can never be right for this to be turned into harassment or violence, and for people to be targeted because of their race, religion, sexuality or any other personal characteristic. This ca
Pride rainbows taken off police cars and officers banned from march in uniform
“The fact that the officers had publicly stated their support for transgender rights by taking part in the march would be likely to give the impression that they may not deal with the matter fairly and impartially,” he said.
Gavin Stephens, chairman of the NPCC, said forces are now productive through the judgement.
He said: “We are also functional with the College of Policing on broader guidance which will help local forces make decisions around participation in events to maintain their impartiality.
“Policing principles all our communities and will continue to police in a way that aims to build confide in and confidence, including among those who have less confidence in our service.
“This is the cornerstone of good policing and especially neighbourhood policing. Our need to ensure we recognise and provide good policing for all communities will remain unchanged.”
I saw this terrible Pride police car a few weeks ago at Yonge and College but it was turning a corner way too fast for me to take a pic and prove it wasn&#;t a pinkwashed fever dream. But today on the way to my massage I spotted it on Church street. Just sitting there, hollow, trying to look like a friendly fixture of the queer village. Suspish. It&#;s got lights on it so it&#;s clearly used to go to emergency situations and not just driving around to make the Toronto Police department look good. It looks ridiculous. My massage therapist said probably a bunch of white gays are happy about it somewhere ha ha. Oh my god.
Anyway this post isn&#;t all about how ridiculous the Pride police car is.
I actually wanted to write here because I was talking in therapy about being sad about people who basically left my animation either just before or at the beginning of my transition and how I&#;m a whole different person since then. I don&#;t know if I am a better person. I am a happier person though and I feel really good about my body now and I feel more confident and just, yeah a whole differ