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Sikh cops in UK want bulletproof turbans
Updated On: 08 May, 2009 09:39 AM IST | | Agencies
Sikh police officers in British police forces have demanded that special bulletproof turbans be developed for their use while serving in firearms units
Sikh police officers in British police forces have demanded that special bulletproof turbans be developed for their use while serving in firearms units. The demand has been made by the newly-formed British Police Sikh Officers Association, whose members believe that the usual safety helmets do not fit on their turbans.
Inspector Gian Singh Chahal, vice chairman of the body which represent an estimated 2,000 Sikhs serving the British police force, said the Home Office needed to make provision for Sikhs and recognise that they had a role to play. He told the Police Review journal, "Sikh officers have been prohibited from becoming firearms officers because our religion does not allow us to remove the turban."
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