I got a few inquiries regarding this sign at Meigs and Rockingham streets in #ROC - in particular the use of the thin blue line flag on an official-seeming sign. 1/

It went up last month, replacing the same sign after the pole got knocked over in a car collision (some people thought the thin blue line was a new addition, but Google maps streetview proves otherwise). 2/

There are a number of these commemorative signs around the city. As you can see there’s no uniform design. 3/

Anyway, I asked the city of Rochester, which pointed to RPD and also Monroe County, neither of which said they had anything to do with it. 4/

RPD first said it was the work of a group called Badge of Honor Association - but they disbanded in 2019. RPD then said it was in fact another group called Sheriff's Office Association of Retirees (SOAR). 5/

"I was told that they are working to take the sign down on Meigs Street," RPD spokeswoman said. Unsure whether it'll be replaced by one without the flag, or not replaced at all. Also still not clear who actually attached the thing to a public pole. 5/

Twitchell (the officer memorialized on the sign) died in 1910, not in a shooting or stabbing but after his horse slipped on wet pavement and rolled over onto him, fracturing his hip and skull. https://www.odmp.org/officer/13521-mounted-patrolman-charles-e-twitchell 6/6