After being canceled the past two years by the coronavirus pandemic, San Francisco's beloved Pride Parade, seen here in 2018, will return June 25-26, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Nader Khouri)

San Francisco law enforcement officers and firefighters said Monday that they will not march in the city’s annual Pride Parade after Pride organizers said officers could not wear their uniforms in the parade.

The San Francisco Police Officers Pride Alliance and LGBTQ+ members of the San Francisco Sheriff’s office issued a joint statement in response to the San Francisco Pride Committee asking police officers to attend the parade without their uniforms.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.