Met Police spark outrage after axing medal for cops killed in line of duty: 'An insult!'

A bladed bluish enactment badge utilized by officers to honour leader cops who've died has been axed (Image: Getty)

A badge to retrieve fallen police officers killed successful the enactment of work has been banned.

Known arsenic the Thin Blue Line foundation badge, it is simply a awesome of respect for officers and to rise wealth for their families.

The badge itself is simply a bluish enactment connected a achromatic inheritance with a achromatic Union Jack and is said to beryllium akin to wearing a poppy for remembering fallen warfare heroes during the lead-up to Remembrance Day connected November 11.

The determination to prohibition these badges has caused uproar among galore officers.

Chairman of the Met Police Federation branch, Rick Prior said: “Officers volition beryllium highly saddened and aggravated to perceive this news.”

The badge is akin to poppies utilized connected Remembrance Day to retrieve and honour the fallen heroes (Image: Getty)

The badge has caused immoderate contention implicit the years with immoderate comparing it to being a awesome of achromatic supremacy.

Mark Rowley, the force’s chief, banned usage of the badge past twelvemonth stating that successful the US, the Thin Blue Line Badge was an equivalent awesome utilized by hard-right groups.

However, galore different UK police forces reason the badge is successful information a affirmative awesome and is simply a people of remembrance created to amusement respect for fallen officers.

The bladed bluish badge is produced by the Care of Police Survivors foundation with its wealth raised by income going to the families of officers who’ve mislaid their lives successful the enactment of duty.

The badge’s prohibition was connected the aforesaid time arsenic PCS Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone's execution by Dale Cregan (Image: Getty)

Northamptonshire main constable, Nick Adderly, antecedently said that helium wouldn't let a number of radical to ‘twist the meaning’ of this badge.

According to Statica, successful 2022/23 217 police-related fatalities occurred successful England and Wales compared to 191 the erstwhile year.

The badge’s edict was issued connected 18 September by Sir Mark Rowley, Met Commissioner which ironically was the same  time arsenic the execution of PCS Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone by Dale Cregan successful Greater Manchester 12 years prior.

“The timing of this could not beryllium worse. It's an insult to fallen officers, “ said 1 source.

Prior added: “The families of officers who person made the eventual sacrifice to support the nationalist harmless volition beryllium arsenic dismayed. I impulse the Commissioner to urgently reconsider this decision.”

Lilian Armitage, 77, pleaded for the determination to beryllium overturned aft her constabulary serviceman daughter, Alision, 29, was killed erstwhile a car thief collided into her successful 2001.

“If they’re wearing it successful representation of their colleagues who’ve died  past it's a bully thing,” she said.

“They shouldn’t beryllium stopping it.”

The prohibition of the badge was confirmed by The Met aft it updated its azygous argumentation “after a batch of engagement internally with some ceremonial and informal groups”.