Saturday, March 12, 2011

First Sikh officer joins Victoria police

The first officer of the Sikh faith has been inducted into Victoria Police.
Constable Amitoj Singh graduated from the Police Academy wearing a newly designed police-issue turban, featuring the service's checkerboard pattern.
Constable Singh will be assigned to Endeavour Hills next week.
He says serving the community is in the Sikh blood.
"The founders of Sikh people, they have been standing up for the rights of the community all the time," he said

with thanks : abc.net.au : link above for detailed news.

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