The Custodian helmet was first adopted by the Metropolitan Police in London in 1873 has also evolved over the years, while retaining its purpose of protecting the head from blows. The Bowler hats ...

Lancashire Police announced the U-turn on social media, saying it would be ditching the gender-neutral headgear for all its officers, before re-introducing bowler hats for females and white flat ...

Officers started wearing the new hats ... police service. The ‘bump caps’ – a baseball cap with a reinforced internal frame – will completely replace the traditional Custodian and Bowler ...

In a move that will change a 33 year long dress code, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire police's female officers will no longer have to wear the "gender specific bowler hat'.

However Herts Police is one of the first UK forces to adopt the gender neutral ... is more inclusive to all parts of society.' Bowler hats were introduced for female police officers to wear ...

The caps, which have a reinforced internal frame, will replace the traditional Custodian and Bowler hats by 9 June. Northamptonshire Police will be the third force in the UK to make the change ...

The proposed move would scrap women-only bowler hats — the only remaining item of police uniform that identifies gender. The idea put forward by Assistant Chief Constable Nelson Telfer would ...

The first bowler hat was originaly created for Edward Coke, the younger brother of the 2nd Earl of Leicester in 1849. It was designed by London hatmakers Thomas and William Bowlers for hatters ...