Allow Met Police Officers to Wear the Thin Blue Line Badge


Allow Met Police Officers to Wear the Thin Blue Line Badge
The Issue
I belive the ban should be reconcidered with immidiate affect. The banning of this symbol is personal to police officers all over the world who serve and may not return home to their loved ones. This badge is proclaimed by YouTube auditors who belive this is a private gang with not just the met police but country wide. This is not the case please remember the awful night of 25 September 2020 when Sgt matt ratana was shot and killed on duty. Not allowing our serving officers to remember their fallen colleagues is wrong and does not send a positive message to serving police officers. Let's remember the mets official motto working together for a safer London. That will not happen when police morale is low. Banning the thin blue line badge would be like banning the poppy and everything these symbols stand for.R.i.p all the below fallen officers. When on and off duty.
is John Mason
PC
27
Hertfordshire Constabulary
14 April 1988
Shot while off-duty, attempting to prevent an armed robbery. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.[46][47]
Ronan McCloskey
PC
25
Metropolitan Police
9 May 1987
Struck by motor vehicle by suspected drink driver trying to escape.[48]
Christopher McDonald
PC
19
Nottinghamshire Police
17 May 1978
Beaten[49]
Sidney George Miles
PC
42
Metropolitan Police
2 November 1952
Shot whilst responding to a burglary
Hugh John Moore
Cmdr
64
City of London Police
4 December 1993
Collapsed after an arrest
Jim Morrison
DC
26
Metropolitan Police
13 December 1991
Stabbed while off-duty attempting to arrest a thief[50]
Andrew Carl Munn
PC
37
Leicestershire Constabulary
15 August 2002
Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Bryan Moore.[51]
Bryan Moore
PC
39
Leicestershire Constabulary
15 August 2002
Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Andrew Munn.[51]
George Bertram Mussell
PC
40
Northumberland County Constabulary
15 April 1913
Shot[9][f]
Stephen Robin Oake
DC
40
Greater Manchester Police
14 January 2003
Stabbed[7]
Jon Odell
PC
30
Kent Police
19 December 2000
While conducting speed checks was intentionally run over by disqualified driver[52][53]
Keith Palmer
PC
48
Metropolitan Police
22 March 2017
Stabbed during Westminster terrorist attack
Jim Porter
DC
31
Durham Constabulary
4 March 1982
Shot in pursuit of armed robbers.[54]
Matt Ratana
Sgt
54
Metropolitan Police
25 September 2020
Shot while a man was being detained in a police custody centre[55][56]
Mandy Dawn Rayner
WPC
18
Hertfordshire Constabulary
13 October 1982
Vehicle struck during police pursuit. She was the first British woman police officer to be killed in service.[57]
Phillipa Reynolds
PC
27
Police Service Northern Ireland
9 February 2013
Killed when a stolen car hit her police car.[17]
Gerry Irving Richardson
Supt
38
Lancashire Constabulary
23 August 1971
Shot
Derek Robertson
Sgt
39
Metropolitan Police
9 February 1994
Stabbed during post office robbery.[58][59]
Dennis Arthur Smith
PC
44
Devon and Cornwall Police
21 December 1973
Shot after high speed pursuit[60]
George Snipe
PC
29
Birmingham City Police
19 July 1897
PC Snipe was attempting an arrest at the Star Public House in Hockley, when a mob turned upon him and his colleague PC Mead. They attempted to find shelter in the local church, but a brick thrown at them hit him on the head, with him dying in hospital 4 hours later.
Ernest Southern
PC
35
Lancashire Constabulary
27 January 1962
Collapsed attending a violent street affray[61][g]
John Speed
PS
39
West Yorkshire Police
31 October 1984
Shot while going to aid of a colleague who had been fired on near Leeds Parish Church[62]
Michael Swindells
DC
44
West Midlands Police
21 May 2004
Stabbed[7]
Barry Taylor
Insp
30
West Yorkshire Police
15 February 1970
Shot while responding to a burglary[63]
Robert Chisholm Thomson
ACC
38
Edinburgh City Police
16 July 1940
Shot[64]
Stephen Andrew Tibble
PC
21
Metropolitan Police
26 February 1975
Shot while assisting colleague when off-duty[65][h]
Gary Toms
PC
37
Metropolitan Police
11 April 2009
Thrown from police vehicle during pursuit[7]
Charles Tucker
Sgt
46
City of London Police
16 December 1910
Shot during the Siege of Sidney Street
William Frederick Tyler
PC
31
Metropolitan Police
29 January 1909
Shot during the Tottenham Outrage
Gerald Walker
PC
42
Nottinghamshire Police
9 January 2003
Run over
Arthur Walls
Insp
44
Eastbourne Borough Police
9 October 1912
Shot
Phillip John Walters
PC
28
Metropolitan Police
18 April 1995
Shot
David Thomas Winter
Sgt
31
North Yorkshire Police
28 June 1982
Shot by Barry Prudom[36]
David Wombwell
DC
25
Metropolitan Police
12 August 1966
Shot during the Shepherd's Bush Murders alongside Geoffrey Fox and Christopher Head[7]
James Wright
PC
38
Manchester City Police
20 June 1934
Run over[66][i]
Peter Guthrie
PC
21
West Midlands Police

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The Issue
I belive the ban should be reconcidered with immidiate affect. The banning of this symbol is personal to police officers all over the world who serve and may not return home to their loved ones. This badge is proclaimed by YouTube auditors who belive this is a private gang with not just the met police but country wide. This is not the case please remember the awful night of 25 September 2020 when Sgt matt ratana was shot and killed on duty. Not allowing our serving officers to remember their fallen colleagues is wrong and does not send a positive message to serving police officers. Let's remember the mets official motto working together for a safer London. That will not happen when police morale is low. Banning the thin blue line badge would be like banning the poppy and everything these symbols stand for.R.i.p all the below fallen officers. When on and off duty.
is John Mason
PC
27
Hertfordshire Constabulary
14 April 1988
Shot while off-duty, attempting to prevent an armed robbery. Posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.[46][47]
Ronan McCloskey
PC
25
Metropolitan Police
9 May 1987
Struck by motor vehicle by suspected drink driver trying to escape.[48]
Christopher McDonald
PC
19
Nottinghamshire Police
17 May 1978
Beaten[49]
Sidney George Miles
PC
42
Metropolitan Police
2 November 1952
Shot whilst responding to a burglary
Hugh John Moore
Cmdr
64
City of London Police
4 December 1993
Collapsed after an arrest
Jim Morrison
DC
26
Metropolitan Police
13 December 1991
Stabbed while off-duty attempting to arrest a thief[50]
Andrew Carl Munn
PC
37
Leicestershire Constabulary
15 August 2002
Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Bryan Moore.[51]
Bryan Moore
PC
39
Leicestershire Constabulary
15 August 2002
Rammed by vehicle being pursued. Same incident as PC Andrew Munn.[51]
George Bertram Mussell
PC
40
Northumberland County Constabulary
15 April 1913
Shot[9][f]
Stephen Robin Oake
DC
40
Greater Manchester Police
14 January 2003
Stabbed[7]
Jon Odell
PC
30
Kent Police
19 December 2000
While conducting speed checks was intentionally run over by disqualified driver[52][53]
Keith Palmer
PC
48
Metropolitan Police
22 March 2017
Stabbed during Westminster terrorist attack
Jim Porter
DC
31
Durham Constabulary
4 March 1982
Shot in pursuit of armed robbers.[54]
Matt Ratana
Sgt
54
Metropolitan Police
25 September 2020
Shot while a man was being detained in a police custody centre[55][56]
Mandy Dawn Rayner
WPC
18
Hertfordshire Constabulary
13 October 1982
Vehicle struck during police pursuit. She was the first British woman police officer to be killed in service.[57]
Phillipa Reynolds
PC
27
Police Service Northern Ireland
9 February 2013
Killed when a stolen car hit her police car.[17]
Gerry Irving Richardson
Supt
38
Lancashire Constabulary
23 August 1971
Shot
Derek Robertson
Sgt
39
Metropolitan Police
9 February 1994
Stabbed during post office robbery.[58][59]
Dennis Arthur Smith
PC
44
Devon and Cornwall Police
21 December 1973
Shot after high speed pursuit[60]
George Snipe
PC
29
Birmingham City Police
19 July 1897
PC Snipe was attempting an arrest at the Star Public House in Hockley, when a mob turned upon him and his colleague PC Mead. They attempted to find shelter in the local church, but a brick thrown at them hit him on the head, with him dying in hospital 4 hours later.
Ernest Southern
PC
35
Lancashire Constabulary
27 January 1962
Collapsed attending a violent street affray[61][g]
John Speed
PS
39
West Yorkshire Police
31 October 1984
Shot while going to aid of a colleague who had been fired on near Leeds Parish Church[62]
Michael Swindells
DC
44
West Midlands Police
21 May 2004
Stabbed[7]
Barry Taylor
Insp
30
West Yorkshire Police
15 February 1970
Shot while responding to a burglary[63]
Robert Chisholm Thomson
ACC
38
Edinburgh City Police
16 July 1940
Shot[64]
Stephen Andrew Tibble
PC
21
Metropolitan Police
26 February 1975
Shot while assisting colleague when off-duty[65][h]
Gary Toms
PC
37
Metropolitan Police
11 April 2009
Thrown from police vehicle during pursuit[7]
Charles Tucker
Sgt
46
City of London Police
16 December 1910
Shot during the Siege of Sidney Street
William Frederick Tyler
PC
31
Metropolitan Police
29 January 1909
Shot during the Tottenham Outrage
Gerald Walker
PC
42
Nottinghamshire Police
9 January 2003
Run over
Arthur Walls
Insp
44
Eastbourne Borough Police
9 October 1912
Shot
Phillip John Walters
PC
28
Metropolitan Police
18 April 1995
Shot
David Thomas Winter
Sgt
31
North Yorkshire Police
28 June 1982
Shot by Barry Prudom[36]
David Wombwell
DC
25
Metropolitan Police
12 August 1966
Shot during the Shepherd's Bush Murders alongside Geoffrey Fox and Christopher Head[7]
James Wright
PC
38
Manchester City Police
20 June 1934
Run over[66][i]
Peter Guthrie
PC
21
West Midlands Police

62
Petition created on 13 August 2023