We unapologetically support our 'Thin Line' community.
The colored stripe symbolizes the thin line between the public, and the danger that our responders hold at bay.
* The "thin line" phrase was originally coined in the 1880s signifying the red color of the British Army uniforms.
* The first use of the thin blue line was used in 1911 in a poem by Nels Dickmann Anderson referring to the United States Army.
* In the 1950s, LA Police Dept. Chief Bill Parker coined the term “thin blue line” as the barrier between law and order, and social and civil anarchy.
* By the early 1970s, the term had spread to police departments across the U.S.
* Use of the term became especially widespread following the release of Errol Morris’s 1988 documentary, “The Thin Blue Line.”
In addition to the police, we have added the following 5 other public
service branches which have adopted thin line colors of their own.
The colored stripe symbolizes the thin line between the public, and the danger that our responders hold at bay.
* The "thin line" phrase was originally coined in the 1880s signifying the red color of the British Army uniforms.
* The first use of the thin blue line was used in 1911 in a poem by Nels Dickmann Anderson referring to the United States Army.
* In the 1950s, LA Police Dept. Chief Bill Parker coined the term “thin blue line” as the barrier between law and order, and social and civil anarchy.
* By the early 1970s, the term had spread to police departments across the U.S.
* Use of the term became especially widespread following the release of Errol Morris’s 1988 documentary, “The Thin Blue Line.”
In addition to the police, we have added the following 5 other public
service branches which have adopted thin line colors of their own.
