In the latest show of support for police, hundreds of firefighters and staff Tuesday started wearing Back the Blue T-shirts on duty.
“It’s not only for our local Police Department but officers across the country,” Assistant Fire Chief Bill Murphy said Tuesday.
North Texas law enforcement agencies have been flooded with cards, emails and food from residents showing their support for officers, starting in the hours after Dallas police were ambushed July 7, leaving five officers dead.
Murphy said the Fire Department and the Grand Prairie Firefighters Association came up with the idea of wearing and selling T-shirts.
“You have seen the negative publicity the media continues to air related to police departments across the nation. At the same time, our police brothers and sisters have been under attack, and several have lost their life,” Fire Chief Robert Fite said in a statement released Tuesday. “I want us to show our support.”