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Change behaviour of police, not uniform

The new police uniform.

The National Police Service (NPS) is once again planning to change the uniform of police officers. In 2018, NPS introduced a Persian blue uniform for police officers, ostensibly to increase visibility. Unfortunately, the uniform drew derision from the public and became the butt of jokes.

That could partly be the reason NPS top brass went back to the drawing board and came up with a uniform close to the Azure blue that was phased out in 2018. However, it is important to ask; do we really need a change of police uniform at this point in time when the country is struggling economically?

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