London's Metropolitan Police has been forced to spend 15,000 pounds creating "ethnically diverse" mascots after complaints about a model deemed too white and too male, reports said Tuesday.
Met chief Sir Ian Blair ordered the new politically correct (PC) models after an Asian officer complained about PCSO Steve, the mascot produced to visit to schools to promote the police force.
Specifically critics said the fact that Steve was white, with blue eyes and blond hair, risked leaving Asian and women officers "isolated," said the Daily Telegraph.
I mean, it's not like they have the resources, ability or obligation to actually protect people, so why not spend money on mascots and posters and bus ads...?
In the interest of helping our "Only One" friends in the UK come up with racially diverse mascots, perhaps we could let them have some of the ones being discarded on this side of the pond by athletic teams that have caved in to political pressure over racial stereotypes. Or perhaps forgo human mascots altogether, PETA willing, and spread the good news of the police state using friendly animal characters like this or like this...