Its probably alot smoother organization in the UK. Alot more buggering too i can imagine.
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7/1/2025, 7:20:14 AM No.509191184
>>509188239 (OP) Have you ever wondered why vans has checkerboard patterned shoes?? No, you mean you don't waste your time thinking about stupid bullshit?
>>509188239 (OP) >The band had firstly been introduced into Scotland in the 1930s by the newly appointed Chief Constable of Glasgow, Captain (later Sir) Percy Sillitoe for much the same reason that Mr. McKinna had in mind. >Sir Percy, in summarising the event wrote: - >“Another small innovation which was, I think, welcomed, was the fitting of the blue-and-white diced bands around the peaked caps of the police officers. >Frequently in the past motorists had refused to stop on country roads when they were signalled to do so after dark by an unidentifiable figure in cape and cap – and as a motorist myself I cordially sympathised with them, for there was no way at all of knowing if one was being halted by a bona fide policeman or a hold-up man, and one certainly did not wish to risk stopping to find out. White capes seemed impractical, and white caps would not have been sufficiently distinctive. But the ‘diced band’ of the uniform of the Brigade of Guards would be unmistakable and seemed ideal, so I borrowed it for my men and it became known as Sillitoe’s Tartan. >Since then all the Scottish police forces have adopted it.”
>Introduced by chief constable of Glasgow Sir Percy Sillitoe in 1932, the Sillitoe tartan was an exclusively Scottish phenomenon until introduced in South Australia in 1961.[12] From 1972, within the United Kingdom, the original black and white Scottish version began to rapidly spread throughout England and Wales and it is now used by all police forces in Great Britain. It is worn on peaked caps, baseball caps and equestrian helmets; as well as the bowler hats and cravats of female officers.