EXCLUSIVE: Officers policing the weekend pride event have once again been told not to decorate their uniforms with badges or emblems, with the force not taking part in the huge parade, writes James Holt
Greater Manchester Police will not take part in the city's pride parade this year, the Manchester Evening News can now reveal.
READ MORE Manchester Pride 2024: Friday stage times and line-up with Jessie J, Gok Wan and Keala Settle An exclusive M.E.N report last year revealed how cops had again been urged not to decorate their uniforms, with a source within GMP claiming that Chief Constable Watson's approach means he refers to the uniform as 'the King's cloth', and that as such it shouldn't be tampered with.
Off-duty officers from Greater Manchester Police had marched in the parade in their uniforms in previous years and officers on and off-duty had worn rainbow emblems on uniforms at the event. In a new statement to the M.E.N, Assistant Chief Constable Wasim Chaudhry said that this year, there was 'insufficient time' to finalise arrangements for their involvement in the parade, but that off-duty officers in the force's LGBTQ+ network were originally intending on taking part. It is unclear whether that was in or out of uniform.
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