Mount Prospect trustees voted 4-3 Tuesday night to eliminate the patch on the uniforms of village police officers that features the controversial “thin blue line” flag. Some say the fla… ...

A thin blue line patch is stitched onto the uniform of a Mount Prospect sergeant as he guards the entrance to the village hall before a meeting of the village board to vote on the patch Aug. 10, 2021.

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Mount Prospect votes to remove thin blue line patch from police uniforms by: WGN Web Desk. Posted: Aug 12, 2021 / 04:08 PM CDT. Updated: Aug 12, 2021 / 04:12 PM CDT.

The patch features an outline of the state of Illinois and a star marking the village's location against the backdrop of a black-and-white American flag with the "thin blue line" as one of its ...

Mount Prospect's police patch is again coming under fire from residents ... Six people submitted written comments to the village board Tuesday calling for the removal of the "thin blue line ...

Illinois police officers are defending the badge and their thin blue line patches after local residents claimed the symbol to be "divisive." "It's about honor. It's about pride. It's about kinship ...

She explained that she spoke out about the thin blue line patches during a village board meeting on June 15th and then appeared on "Fox & Friends" on Tuesday where she did the same.

LAPD Chief Michel Moore issued a directive to department personnel discouraging the display of the "Thin Blue Line" patch and similar bumper stickers on police vehicles. The flag also is to be ...

The thin blue line patch has been seen at white supremacist gatherings, such as the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. It was also present at the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the ...