Edmonton police are trying to better understand discrimination by walking around holding hands in non-gay neighborhoods. The cops said they felt intense awareness of their own security, especially when walking by a construction crew.
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Um, wow!
Is that the Canadian Edmonton? (i.e. Alberta?) I think there’s one in the UK, probably a few in the US. Maybe even elsewhere in Canada, as well. Just askin’.
I don’t know. The other sentence in the news brief says
So it’s not the US. Do they call police leaders “constable” in Canada?
It’s Canada. I googled for “constable steve camp edmonton police” and came back with this:
http://216.239.39.104/search?q=cache:-gtWYuQvOm8J:www.edmontonpolicecommission.com/reports/minutes/jan2003min.pdf+constable+steve+camp+edmonton+police&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
which includes a reference to Edmonton, Alberta.
Cool, huh?
That’s our Edmonton! 🙂
-J
Ahhh, good point. I think they might.
Great detective work!
I wonder if they were doing it in their uniforms, or in street clothes?
This, to me, is a sign of a civilised society. Rock on Edmonton police!
Here’s a longer story from The Edmonton Journal