It’s more than a bit puzzling that, for the second year in a row, members of the Calgary Police service were banned from marching in uniform in the Calgary Pride Parade even though the men and women in blue were tasked with providing security at the parade.
Not to be deterred by the Pride Calgary ruling, Greg John joined forces with Jim Heaton to create an event to show unity between the LGBTQ community and the Calgary Police Service. Unity and Uniform celebrated its second annual event Aug. 31 at the Bank and Baron Pub. Hundreds of men and women proudly wearing their police uniforms joined forces with members of the LGBTQ community to share in an evening of camaraderie and conversation.
Reid Fiest, Global National Alberta Correspondent, and Sgt. Tim Fitzgibbon pictured at the second annual Unity and Uniform event.