{"id":759,"date":"2009-04-08T12:31:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2009-04-08T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T19:14:48","slug":"newsflash-montreal-cops-now-to-dress-like-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/newsflash-montreal-cops-now-to-dress-like-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsflash: Montreal cops now to dress like cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-763\" title=\"mtl-policecamouflage0926\" src=\"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/mtl-policecamouflage0926.jpg\" alt=\"mtl-policecamouflage0926\" width=\"209\" height=\"140\" \/>You may have noticed something a bit strange if you happened to pass a police officer yesterday morning.\u00a0 No red cap, no camouflage pants, just an ordinary Montreal cop uniform. That&#8217;s because, in order to speed up contract negotiations, the patriarchal-sounding Montreal Police Brotherhood, the union representing Montreal&#8217;s police officers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/Cops+play+camouflage+talks\/1470298\/story.html\">has agreed to drop its pressure tactics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In what many have seen as a rather bizarre form of protest, Montreal cops have been sporting the aforementioned paramilitary fatigues, occasionally switching the pants out for pajamas since July.\u00a0 This even became <a href=\"http:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/s\/cbc\/090313\/canada\/canada_montreal_mtl_police_camo_protest0313\">a contentious issue<\/a> before the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/16\/police-brutalize-anti-police-brutality-demonstration-again\/\">anti-police brutality march<\/a> as many felt the military look could provoke violence.\u00a0 Turns out the extra provocation wasn&#8217;t a factor as the teargas thrown by police and cordoning off several streets sparked plenty of violence on its own.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The choice of using costuming as a form of protest is an interesting one for the Montreal police, considering they have been petitioning the city to ban the use of theatrical costuming, <a href=\"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/19\/outlawing-theatre-activism-in-montreal-city-attempts-new-%E2%80%9Canti-mask%E2%80%9D-bylaw\/\">in particular masks<\/a>, at public protests.\u00a0 However the made-for-Afghanistan dress code seems to be in keeping with <a href=\"http:\/\/sketchythoughts.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/this-march-15th-in-montreal-join-demo.html\">recent statements by Yves Francoeur<\/a> that: &#8220;as police officers, repression is our job. We don&#8217;t need a community relations officer for a director, we need a general. Let&#8217;s keep in mind that the police force is, after all, a paramilitary body.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-765 alignnone\" title=\"1204716\" src=\"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1204716-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"1204716\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1204716-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/optative.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/1204716.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maybe now with resumed negotiations and possibly better pay, the cops can go back to being cops instead of a paramilitary force because after all, a community relations officer would probably be better-equipped to solve a pay dispute than a general.\u00a0 Then maybe they could leave the dress-up games and theatrical expression through costuming to the artists, activists and the general public they are supposed to be protecting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed something a bit strange if you happened to pass a police officer yesterday morning.\u00a0 No red cap, no camouflage pants, just an ordinary Montreal cop uniform. 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