RCMP Officers Can Now Skip the Name Tag

A policy change means RCMP officers on duty are no longer required to wear name tags on their uniforms. A Halifax defence lawyer tells CBC that the change poses a threat to police accountability and transparency. There is a practical version of that complaint: a name tag is the fastest way for someone who has just dealt with an officer to say who that officer was. Whatever replaces it in the identification chain has to do the same work.