ABSTRACT
Since the beginning of 2006, policemen and policewomen in Western Australia have won the right, while on duty, to wear a blue turban or a blue scarf, with an official badge attached to it. This new measure presents Sikhs and Muslims with an alternative to the standard police cap. The government of Western Australia argued that the police organization should mirror society, in order to enhance ethnic communities’ feeling of being represented. The police union, however, voiced the fear that citizens might resent being confronted with constables wearing ‘exotic’ uniforms.1
