Quite often you will see the police wearing their police designer sunglasses but why on earth do they do this? People have come forward with suggestions and the main three are, protection of the eyes, looking cool and because they can? Well it is actually a combination of the three.
Sunlight
The police still do patrol the streets on foot and wearing sunglasses can help them on those long summer days as the sun can damage the eyes when you are out in it for too long. It is actually recommended that police officers wear sunglasses on days like this and it can be especially as important for a police cyclist. This is because they are exposed to the sun all the time and wearing sunglasses allows them to see the road.
Expressions- I don’t think so
Many police officers will wear sunglasses when giving an interview to hide any expressions they may be having. Very clever criminals can play off of expressions which is partly why it is done. Wearing reflective sunglasses is kind of there to freak out the criminal as it must be annoying to look at yourself for a three hour interview.
Bad Ass
Most people would sooner listen to a cop in sunglasses than they would without them, it just looks like they shouldnt be messed with. Think way back to Terminator 2, remember when the cop took off his sunglasses, how bad did that look!
If you don’t believe me then it is well worth checking out some of the films with those awesome police glasses in and get yourself a pair of D&G sunglasses.
Although the police do sometimes actually have to wear these glasses in the sun there has to be times where they do not need them at all and they just wear them to intimidate people. Wouldnt we love to do it too.
