Cart is empty Do you wonder why it is that uniforms are so powerful?
What is it about clothes that give people power and authority?
All across the world, uniforms carry an undeniable symbolic value. In security services or prisons, they identify and either integrate or differentiate. Uniforms are not only a source of identity but also of team spirit and equality.
Military uniforms represent state authority.
It unites those who serve under their flag and demand respect.
For our officers, wearing a uniform means representing their country. Their uniform symbolizes pride, respect, and authority over the population. A police officer expressed this as follows:
‘Talking of police uniforms is like talking of our flag. Wearing it we have much more esteem. And now when someone arrives at a police officer’s home, he is at the home of a worker of the state‘.
For the people who have spent a major part of their lives in the khaki uniform, it is their trophy. The sons and daughters of the nation believe that one earns this uniform with blood, toil, and sweat. This is why it finds a place on the mortal remains of a soldier with the tricolour. And so, on retirement, one ‘hangs the uniform’. They do not discard it, and never ‘sells’ the same, whatever be the commercial gratification.
No wonder why we, as civilians, feel a sense of security around someone in a khaki uniform. Even intense situations.
Uniforms of state and local police vary by grade, region, and type of duty. The regular service uniform for state police is khaki. But in some cities like Kolkata, officers have white uniforms. The use of Khaki color in military uniforms is a story in itself. This fabric of Indian origin camouflages with dirt. One of the major reasons behind the survival of our officers in dark times of wars. Khaki is not only all-weather cloth but also is light and semi-formal. The work of the police is not to sit in air-conditioned offices but to run around to do the fieldwork. This makes khaki a practical choice.
The origin of police uniforms remains to be the same. But there has been a revolution in police uniforms. There are a few changes in its appearance. The research institutes have come up with appealing “smart police uniforms”. These are weather-compliant and have better texture. With time the involvement of women has increased. This made the change necessary. The light caps have taken the place of heavy helmets. Also, comfortable buckle belts have overpowered the pokey metal belts.
Despite the improvisation, the uniforms deteriorate in the regular execution of police work. It also loses its positive symbolic value. Sometimes a dirty and used uniform invites popular mockery. It further decreases the respect people have for the police. Starguard, a trusted vendor, avails uniforms of the best quality.
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