Ottawa police members wear thin blue line jerseys for charity hockey game

Ottawa Police Association continues to fly controversial flag outside its office

Mar 15, 2023

The Ottawa Police Association is defending members who donned jerseys featuring the thin blue line symbol during a charity hockey game against Ottawa firefighters last week.

Videos and pictures posted to social media showed members wearing jerseys with a large grey-blue Canadian flag with a blue horizontal line through the middle. They received swift backlash.

For some, the thin blue line is a way to remember fallen officers. Many have also come to associate the symbol with oppression and racism experienced at the hands of police.

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