The 25-year old Jasdeep Singh Bajwa , is the ideal candidate for the Ottawa Police Service. “It was my dream ever since I was a child,” he says of wanting to be a cop. While Bajwa’s enthusiasm may not set him apart from his colleagues, his uniform certainly does. Bajwa wears a turban, one of five items Sikhs wear following their baptism.
There are other Sikhs on the Ottawa police force, but Bajwa is the first to wear the turban as part of his uniform. Bajwa is not the first turban-wearing police officer in province or the country. Even in his native India, Bajwa grew up wanting to be a cop. When his family moved to canada few years ago, then he took a few years to master English and grow according to his new country before following his dream. When he applied to the Ottawa police, Bajwa didn’t stop to wonder whether he would make waves because of what he wore.
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