Police officers will not be allowed to wear their uniforms when they march in Vancouver's Pride parade in 2018, organizers have announced. The decision came after organizers heard from members of the city's LGBTQ community who said a highly visible police presence made them uncomfortable, according to Vancouver Pride Society executive director Andrea Arnot. "Everyone needs to feel safe and comfortable to be in the parade," she told CBC News. Debate over inclusionThe Vancouver Police Department has been told, and officers will still be included in the parade as part of the city's entry in 2018. In 2017, Vancouver Pride organizers struck a compromise, allowing uniforms for about 20 per cent of marching police officers and barring all marked police vehicles.

Source: CBC News November 30, 2017 06:56 UTC