Lincolnshire Police have reaffirmed their unity with the LGBT+ community.
Chief Constable Chris Haward said: “I hope that our LGBT+ communities and staff in Lincolnshire will see and understand our dedication to them and how we want to listen, help, understand and support.”
He was speaking after former police constable Harry Miller took 15 buckets to police headquarters and covered the rainbow lights that were illuminating the building.
The former PC is part of a group who go by the name ‘FairCop,’ who are against “the appearance of politics in policing”.
This is the first statement act that they have made in the pursuit of their beliefs.
This is a group that consists of “gender critical lawyers, police officers, writers and professionals” who base their opinions around Articles 8-10 of the European Convention of Human Rights when portraying their opinion that there should be no “politics in policing.”
The group was founded by Mr Miller, who filmed his covering of the lights and posted it to Twitter where he said the building was “lit up like a Stonewall Christmas tree in the middle of an energy crisis.”
A representative from the ‘FairCop’ group said: “we requested that the police did not light up with those colours as they indicate tacit support. It is the job of police to uphold existing law, not to support change.”
Their twitter page now has 26.6 thousand followers.
February was the month of LGBTQ+ celebrations, and Lincolnshire Police decided to show their support by casting the rainbow flag across their building.
See the Chief Constable’s full response here: https://twitter.com/CCLincsPolice/status/1493293816777949193