Sillitoe tartan
Black (or other) and white chequered pattern, associated with policing / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sillitoe tartan is the nickname given to the distinctive checkered pattern, usually black-and-white, which was originally associated with the police in Scotland. ("Tartan" is a misnomer, as the pattern is a form of check, also known as dicing, not of tartan.) It later gained widespread use in the rest of the United Kingdom and overseas, notably in Australia and New Zealand, as well as Chicago and Pittsburgh in the United States. It is used occasionally elsewhere, including by some Spanish municipal police and in parts of Canada, where it is limited to auxiliary police services.
Based on the diced bands seen on the Glengarries that are worn by several Scottish regiments of the British Army, the pattern was first adopted for police use in 1932 by Sir Percy Sillitoe, Chief Constable of the City of Glasgow Police.[1]
The Sillitoe pattern may be composed of several different colours and numbers of rows depending on local customs, but when incorporated into uniforms or vehicle livery, it serves to uniquely identify emergency services personnel to the public.