Facts : 1 Headgear Thames Valley Police officers used to wear the traditional custodian helmet in the comb style with a Brunswick star that reads Thames Valley Police for foot patrol, but this was dropped for practicality and cost reasons in 2009
Facts : 2 Now the standard headgear is a peaked cap for all officers ( with additional beading around the edge for Inspectors and above) and a white peaked cap for traffic officers
Facts : 3 Female officers wear a bowler hat, or a white bowler hat for traffic officers
Facts : 4 In 2009 Thames Valley Police proposed to be the first force to introduce the use of baseball caps as a primary mode of headgear
Facts : 5 After trials were conducted the proposal was dropped as being a step too far from the professional image of the force
