Deadline arrives for Calgary Police Service members to remove 'thin blue line' patch

The 'thin blue line' patch has been a hot-button issue for the Calgary Police Commission (CPC) and the Calgary Police Association (CPA) for months and the deadline has now arrived for its removal from uniforms. After initially pushing back against the CPC, the CPA 'reluctantly' directed its members last week to remove the patches from their street uniforms to comply with the commission's directive. The deadline for removing the 'thin blue line' patch, with the exception of dress unifor