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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& #39;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& #39;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">https://www.odmp.org/officer/1... 6/6
