By: jb

> Under influence from American police unions and training practices, the police have started wearing their bullet proof vests more visibly Wow. Finding fault with police officers wearing bullet proof vests "more visibly". Are you certain of the influence of "American police unions"? Wearing a vest over a uniform shirt is more comfortable especially when it gets above 85 degrees or so (30 °C). posted by nautical-by-nature at 7:38 PM on March 1 [+] [!] Well, this is in Toronto. Bullets and gunshots aren't common here - and I come from a bad neighbourhood. When we have a rash of gun crimes, it's national news. Also, if it were just the bullet proof vests, that would be one thing - but it comes with a whole set of behaviours which has made our police worse. The whole vest thing probably just sticks out with me because my mother was running a breakfast club for little kids (ages 3-10), and when she invited the local police they came wearing bullet proof vests, and were really gruff. She was trying to help kids from an area with bad relations with the police meet some friendly Officer Ed types, and what she got was the LAPD. She never invited the police back to that kid's club.