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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''' : | '''Arms''' :Per pale Gules and Vert a Balance between three Bees volant Or. | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The arms were officially granted | The arms were officially granted in 1982. | ||
Being both a 'Trade Union' and a Welfare Organisation the shield symbolises the scales of justice, the bees representing collective industry work and general well being for a group of people. Bees are also found in the arms of Sir Robert Peel, founder of the modern Police. | |||
The supporters and the crest are both representative of England and Wales and they are standing on a compartment reflecting city and rural policing. | |||
The motto ''Sine timore sine favore'' means Without fear without favour. It is taken from the Constable's oath of allegiance. | |||
{{media}} | {{media}} | ||
[[Literature]] : image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ | [[Literature]] : image from https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/ Information and Blason of the Shield from a New Dictionary of Heraldry Edited by Stephen Friar. | ||
[[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | [[Category:Institutional heraldry of the United Kingdom]] | ||