"Our cops wear new tops. Job action escalates to toques, dickies."
"The job action began three weeks ago with members wearing police union ties and ball caps instead of police-issue hats."
What's their next move? They plan to wear their uniforms to a rally, which could spark discipline from above. Can't the administration find some cops who are harassing racial minorities or shaking down hookers for sex and discipline them? No, they're more concerned about "uniform adjustments". It reminds me of the arguments parents have with their teenage kids. In my experience it's best to ignore harmless behaviours designed solely to get attention. Admittedly, the types of job action that police are permitted to engage in are limited. They can't strike or refuse to go on emergency calls. However they can, as they have been doing, issue warnings instead of tickets. Hitting them in the pocketbook is far more effective than wearing a dicky (the very word is ridiculous).
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