Police chiefs have come under fire today for flying the rainbow flag for lesbians, gays and bisexuals outside its police stations – when they are forbidden to display the Union Jack.
The multi-coloured ‘Freedom’ flag adopted by the gay pride movement in the 1970’s is now flying at Suffolk Police’s Ipswich HQ and its stations at Bury St Edmunds and Lowestoft.
The flags – which include the force’s badge – are to mark lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history month.
But there was fierce criticism of the move after it was revealed that stations were not allowed, under force policy, to fly the Union Jack or the Cross of St George.
James Brady, 34, of Bury accused the police of being discriminatory – ‘We don’t seem to have a week celebrating heterosexuality,’ he said.