This feels like a really roundabout way of making a statement. It's true that a lot of work and progress still needs to happen within the police force as a whole, and that excluding them from participating in Pride does send a message. The thing is they've been part of Pride for awhile now which means that somewhere down the line, it was felt that they've tried and made enough of an effort to be accepted but now, by kicking them out, isn't it sort of saying "what you did before was good enough then but isn't good enough now so get out"? Doesn't that just lead to feelings of exclusion and disrespect. It would be a different matter if they had never been allowed in but they have which means there was acceptance and now that acceptance has been revoked. And it's especially awkward since they'll still be there in an official capacity which, to me, says "we need you here to do your job but we don't want you around outside of that".