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Mount Prospect trustees voted 4-3 to eliminate the patch on the uniforms of village police officers that feature the controversial “thin blue line” flag.
Mount Prospect police patch out
John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune
People with opposing viewpoints on the Mount Prospect Police Department patch, which includes a “thin blue line” flag, rally before a meeting of the Village Board to vote on whether or not to approve a change of the patch design, Aug. 10, 2021. 
