Request Number: F-2012-00110
Date: 22nd March 2012
Category: Facilities
Decision: Released in full
Request
Since Jan 2007, how many items of clothing or equipment have been provided to police officers in your force which have been specially adapted or specially requested? These should include any piece of equipment or clothing which has been altered to cater to the officer's needs or non-standard items provided to suit their needs, for example shoes with raised heels to gain height.
Please provide a description and cost for each item as well as the reason they were supplied.
Reply
No equipment has been specially adapted or specially requested by Lincolnshire Police since 2007. Furthermore Lincolnshire Police use a tailoring service for the clothing alterations described below which is set at a certain price therefore Lincolnshire Police do not hold information regarding the cost of each item alteration.
Clothing Alterations – 2005 - Present
| Item | |
| Tunic – Insignia added/medal ribbons added | 211 |
| Tunic – Move buttons | 11 |
| Tunic – take up/down sleeves | 3 |
| Trousers – in/out @ waist | 333 |
| Trousers – up/down @ hem | 1,068 |
| Trousers – replace zip | 12 |
| Trousers – replace clips | 9 |
| Trousers – add pocket flaps | 1 |
| Trousers – add belt loops | 2 |
| Skirt – in/out @ waist | 2 |
| Skirt – up/down @ hem | 3 |
| Skirt – repair inside lining | 2 |
| Jumper – add/change patches | 414 |
| Fleece – add patches | 155 |
| Stabvest Cover – add patches | 73 |
| Hi-Vis Jacket – add/remove patches | 105 |
| Hat – change banding | 190 |
| Polo Shirts – add patches | 9 |
| White Shirt – add radio/epaulette loops | 4 |
| Motorcycle Jacket – add Velcro strap to sleeve | 2 |
| L/W Hi-Vis Vest – take up sleeves | 13 |
| Arktis bag – repair | 1 |
| Baton holder – repair | 1 |
| Limb restraint – repair | 1 |
| Flag – repair | 2 |
| TV Studio curtain – shorten hem | 1 |
| Total Alterations | 2,628 |
Please note Lincolnshire Police do not aim for clothes to be perfectly tailored to fit. Where for instance a belt can improve an ill-fitting waistband, we would not arrange for the trousers to be altered. For operational purposes some capacity is required in the fit to allow for the exigencies of duties.
