UNIFORM AND APPEARANCE Flashcards
WEARING GENERAL ISSUE UNIFORM
General Standards -
Members have the discretion as to what items they wear from day to day provided that there is consistency with the following principles:
- Their decisions are consistent with the overarching requirements for uniform and appearance
- They choose items that are appropriate for the duties being performed taking into consideration type of duties and location of duties
- They consider whether the duties or activities require a higher standard of dress
- They apply the standards of the specific uniform items
ALLOCATION OF GENERAL ISSUE UNIFORM AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
Classification of work units and entitlement -
There are 4 levels of uniform classification:
- Nature of the work units duties
- The weather conditions of the work area
- Member’s health and safety
- Budget
WEARING GENERAL ISSUE UNIFORM
Wearing uniform off duty -
Uniform may be worn off duty in the following circumstances:
- Travelling to or from work
- At designated ceremonial occasions
- Events such as charity or community events, with the following approval =
- corporate events - Chief of staff
- other events - senior management
WEARING GENERAL PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT
- Sun protection
- UV radiation
- Protective equipment
- Cold or wet weather clothing
- High visibility clothing
PLAIN CLOTHES STANDARDS
General standards -
Members performing plain clothes duties should wear business standard clothing as follows:
- Males = a business suit, tie and business style footwear
- Females = a business suit or other appropriate professional attire, business footwear
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Hair -
Males and Females:
- Hair is to be clean, tidy and neatly trimmed
- Hair is not to be extreme in style and colour tones
- Hair is not to interfere with wearing of headdress and is not to be visible on the forehead when wearing headdress of any kind
- Hair is not to exceed below the top of the shirt collar at the back or extend below the top of the ear at the sides.
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Facial hair
- Sideburns are permitted provided that they:
- are clean tidy and neatly trimmed
- do not extend beyond a horizontal line from the base of the ear lobe
- do not increase or decrease in width from top to bottom
- Moustaches are permitted provided they:
- are clean tidy and neatly trimmed
- do not extend beyond a vertical line from the outer edge of the eye or below the bottom edge of the top lip
- Beards, goatees, soul patches or other forms of facial hair are not permitted
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Jewellery -
- Members are permitted to wear:
- wrist watches
- minimal rings of conservative style
- emergency medical alert bracelets or pendants
- Wearing of other jewellery, ornaments, adornments or accessories is not permitted
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Kirpans
- A kirpan may be carried by practising Sikhs but it is to be concealed under clothing at all times
- Kirpan is to be removed in circumstances that warrant removal of a firearm, unless it is concealed under an IOEV
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Sunglasses
- Members may wear issued or privately owned sunglasses during the daylight hours
- Privately owned sunglasses should conform to the protective standards of issued sunglasses and not be extreme in colour or style
GROOMING AN ACCESSORIES
Make up
- Make up and nail polish worn by members should be natural looking and in neutral tones
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Carriage
- Required to carry their certificates of ID when on duty
IDENTIFICATION CARDS
Display -
ID should be displayed as follows:
- In Uniform -
- Outside police premises - do not display
- Inside police premises - wearing ID is optional
- In plain clothes -
- Performing duties within police premises
- Opening carrying firearms outside of police premises
- VPS employees -
- display ID when in police premises
When off duty ID should be removed or concealed
WEARING MEDALS AND AWARDS
Regular Uniform
- Shirt and tunic = ribbon bar on right breast above name tag
Ceremonial Uniform
- medal worn on right breast of tunic and name tag placed above it
NAME TAGS
Wearing:
- In uniform = are required to wear current issue name tags
- Not in uniform or VPS employees = wearing of name tags is optional
