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jmowreader

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8. A better use of valuable city resources...

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 9, 2025, 08:04 PM

Sep 9

...would be to create a tab (an arching thing that goes on top of a unit patch...the word AIRBORNE on a few of the Army's patches is on a tab) for bilingual officers that says "I speak Spanish," "I speak Arabic" or whatever other languages they want to have.

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Dearborn Heights mayor says proposed Arabic police patch was not an "official prototype" [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 6 OP

If 40% of the city's residents know Arabic what's wrong with the patch? yardwork Sep 6 #1

Remember - RW loons like Loomer (who is front and center of this) BumRushDaShow Sep 6 #3

It's a cultural badge. 60% of the population isn't Arabic. Police are neutral. LeftInTX Sep 6 #4

I don't view languages as being the antithesis of "neutral." yardwork Sep 6 #5

Off all the concerns a mayor has on their plate, this one shouldn't even turn up on it. marble falls Sep 6 #2

For those who speak neither English nor Arabic, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 6 #6

evidently they have no Home Depot where half the signage is in SPanish lol nt msongs Sep 6 #7

A better use of valuable city resources... jmowreader Sep 9 #8