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In an effort to ease tensions with the city’s LGBTQ2 community, Ottawa police Chief Charles Bordeleau has vowed to leave his uniform at home for Capital Pride — and walk the parade route in a crested golf shirt.

Bordeleau announced the compromise more than one month after declaring he would march in uniform in defiance of a request by Capital Pride organizers, who said not everyone would feel safe marching with uniformed officers during the parade.

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“For many members of our service, the request to exclude our uniforms felt like a rejection of that part of our identify and our own journey towards inclusion,” Bordeleau wrote in a statement released Monday.

Although hurt and frustrated, he said, Ottawa’s LGBTQ2 police officers “felt that attending Pride in uniform would not help us build trust,” and decided instead to wear golf shirts emblazoned with the Ottawa Police Service logo.

“I fully support this decision and am proud of them for carefully considering how best to proceed in order to move forward together,” said Bordeleau, who said he, too, will wear a police golf shirt at this month’s Pride parade.