sink156
05-01-2006, 12:50 PM
Looking for some help fellows.
About a year ago my dept. authorized all officers inside the jail to go to a traditional BDU uniform (blue in color). The catch was any officers that the admin. decided had to much public contact had to remain in class A's. For example the officers bidded to the jail lobby information desk and the magnetometer to said lobby. Now the rub is, if any of these officers takes an unscheduled day off any officer can fill in at one of these posts regardless of which uniform they are wearing. If a inmate has to go to the hospital they don't care what uniform the officers taking the inmate are wearing, even though that seems to be pretty "public" to me. If an officer is on the SORT and/or SWAT team and wins a bid to the lobby he/she can wear their black BDUs. Basically, this seems like another one of those retarded admin. decisions that wasn't really thought through.
Now that the background is out of the way here is the question, finaly.
My unit is completly outside the facility and on the street every day and night and we would like the option of wearing the BDUS even if it was just the mid and late watch officers allowed to do so.
Where can I find a list of depts. that authorize their street officers to wear BDUs?
Or a really good argument to sway the admin.
Any help would be appreciated and I apologize for the long windedness of the post.
About a year ago my dept. authorized all officers inside the jail to go to a traditional BDU uniform (blue in color). The catch was any officers that the admin. decided had to much public contact had to remain in class A's. For example the officers bidded to the jail lobby information desk and the magnetometer to said lobby. Now the rub is, if any of these officers takes an unscheduled day off any officer can fill in at one of these posts regardless of which uniform they are wearing. If a inmate has to go to the hospital they don't care what uniform the officers taking the inmate are wearing, even though that seems to be pretty "public" to me. If an officer is on the SORT and/or SWAT team and wins a bid to the lobby he/she can wear their black BDUs. Basically, this seems like another one of those retarded admin. decisions that wasn't really thought through.
Now that the background is out of the way here is the question, finaly.
My unit is completly outside the facility and on the street every day and night and we would like the option of wearing the BDUS even if it was just the mid and late watch officers allowed to do so.
Where can I find a list of depts. that authorize their street officers to wear BDUs?
Or a really good argument to sway the admin.
Any help would be appreciated and I apologize for the long windedness of the post.