Pittsburgh Police hats with checkered bands, which are dark navy blue and gold in color, popularly known as the "Sillitoe Tartan" and named after its originator, Percy J. Sillitoe, Chief Constable of Glasgow, Scotland, in the 1930s. While the checkered band is a common police symbol in the United Kingdom, Australia and some European countries, the Chicago Police Department, Cook County Sheriff's Police, the Allegheny County Sheriff's Office, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police are the only police forces in the United States that have adopted it as part of their uniforms. As recently as July 1930, police were required to wear
When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" is a song written by Sting that was first released by The Police on their 1980 album "Zenyatta Mondatta". A medley of "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" with another song from "Zenyatta Mondatta", "Voices Inside My Head", reached No. 3 on the "Billboard" Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart in 1981. In 2000, a remix version credited to Different Gear versus the Police reached