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A northern Virginia town has been excluded from a countywide police training academy after the town’s chief complained about Chinese signatures on trainees’ graduation certificates.

Herndon Police Chief Maggie DeBoard complained that the academy director, Maj. Wilson Lee, used Chinese characters to sign the certificates that graduates receive when they complete training at the Fairfax County Criminal Justice Academy.

In an email sent last month and obtained by The Associated Press, DeBoard told Lee, “I just found out that the academy graduation certificates were signed by you in some other language, not in English. This is unacceptable for my agency. I don’t want our Herndon officers to receive these and I am requesting that they are issued certificates signed in English, the language that they are expected to use as an officer.”

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

So she’s asking the academy director to use a fake signature?

Does the police chief not understand the purpose of signatures?

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 38 points 8 months ago

This is NoVA. As somebody who spent most of my life in NoVA I am confident the Chief knows exactly what they're doing and that this is blatant racism. This is just him declaring which side of the "culture war" he's on, in no uncertain terms

[–] DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Probably not, but the police chief certainly understands racism and nationalism and exclusion, at least intuitively.

[–] vegeta@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

a lot of signatures I've seen are unintelligble, and it would therefore not matter what 'language' they are written in as an identifying measure. I'm also unaware of any such requirement eg. a contract.

Usually, a signature is someone's name written and stylized. However, that is optional. All that needs to be is some mark that represents you. It can be a series of squiggles, a picture, or even the traditional "X" for people who can't read and write. As long as it records the intent of the parties involved in a contractual agreement, it's a valid signature.

https://www.findlaw.com/smallbusiness/business-contracts-forms/what-are-the-rules-regarding-signatures-in-contracts.html

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

This is one of the dumbest complaints I've read in a long time. Prime characteristic of a signature is the individuality, not the assumed language. Maybe one in twenty signatures is actually (halfway) legible,