Sikh police officers in Britain want the government to develop bullet-proof turbans, which will give them the green light to serve as firearms officers without having to remove their headwear, it was reported last Friday.
Sikh officers are exempt from a legal obligation to wear crash helmets because of their religion’s requirement to wear a turban, but this means they cannot wear the protective headgear of firearms officers.
Inspector Gian Singh Chahal, vice-chairman of the newly formed British Police Sikh Association, said the Home Office needs to make provisions for Sikhs to recognize their role in the police force, the Guardian newspaper reported.
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“Sikh officers have been prohibited from becoming firearms officers because our religion does not allow us to remove the turban,” he was quoted as telling the journal Police Review.
“There has been some research done into producing a ballistic material [for turbans].
“We would like to follow any opportunity where we could manufacture a ballistic product, made out of a synthetic fiber, that would ensure a certain degree of protection, so Sikh police officers could take part in these roles.”(AFP)
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上週五有報導指出，英國的錫克教警察希望政府能夠研發防彈頭巾，讓他們得以擔任佩槍員警，卻不用拿下頭巾。
因錫克教規定教徒要纏頭巾，所以錫克教員警獲准免戴法律規定的防護頭盔，但這也表示他們無法配戴佩槍員警的防護頭盔。
《衛報》報導，最近成立的英國錫克教警察工會副會長吉安．辛．察哈爾巡官表示，內政部應該要為錫克教警察提供所需之防護措施，重視他們在警界所扮演的角色。
他在《全球警政綜覽》期刊中表示：「因為我們的宗教不允許我們摘下頭巾，所以錫克教警察一直以來都無法成為佩槍警察。」
「有一些防彈材質（頭巾）產製的研究報告已經出爐。」
「我們希望透過任何可能的機會，使用可確保某種程度保護的合成纖維製防彈頭巾，讓錫克教警察能發揮所長，為警界效力。」（法新社╱翻譯：袁星塵）
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