North Yorkshire officers celebrate designing the hijab into their uniform

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North Yorkshire officers celebrate designing the hijab into their uniform

Two North Yorkshire Police constables who designed a new hijab to be part of their uniform have celebrated making it a reality.

Date - 27th November 2020
By - Chloe Livadeas

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PCs Uzma Amireddy and Arfan Rahouf both tweeted on Monday as PC Amireddy wore the headscarf for the first time during a shift. “I was afraid when I started wearing hijab, fearing that this may hinder me in policing especially in proactive...

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