L.A. County Sheriff's Department switches from silver to gold belt buckles at a cost of $300,000 [View all]
Source: L.A. Times
March 14, 2017, 4:00 AM PDT
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is getting down to brass tactics.
Sheriff’s officials are spending $300,000 on items they say would make deputies look more professional in their jobs and could help make them safer.
But the taxpayer dollars won’t go toward tools such as higher-quality ballistic vests, backup guns or body cameras, all of which are optional items that deputies have to pay for on their own.
Instead, Sheriff Jim McDonnell is spending the money on a minor cosmetic makeover of deputies’ uniforms: changing the color of their belt buckles and other metal pieces of gear from silver to gold. That way, the metallic bits — all made of brass — will match the gold-hued tie clips, lapel pins and six-pointed star badges that deputies already wear, McDonnell said.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-sheriff-belt-buckle-20170313-story.html
Keeping Ump With Trump, one wonders? They'd better not try that shit here, or we'll unceremoniously hand them their asses!
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