Biloxi Police Uniform Colors

[haleygd]

Anyone know what the correct uniform colors should be? In the original his shirt looks like a light blue but when I apply my initial color adjustment (curves method), it is shifting towards gray. When I look at some photos on the web, it looks llike Biloxi PD wears a all black uniform. Whereas the MS State Police wear a gray shirt and navy blue pants. But generally troopers where the round DI style hat but this guy has a more traditional policman's hat so I am not sure what organization he is from. Any help is appreciated. Any color tweak affects the woman on his left's outfit too.

[Hannie]

Hi Gary,

I don't know the first thing about police uniforms, I did a curves (black and white point) color adjustment and these are the colors I get.
If you want to adjust the color of the shirt but not that of the lady's outfit you can use a layer mask and leave hers out.

You are so brave to pick this one...

Hannie

[Tess (Tassie D)]

Hi Gary. It appears the officers wore powder blue shirts until after Hurricane Katrina.

The powder-blue uniform shirt had been worn by officers since the Police Department's inception. Riley changed the uniform after Hurricane Katrina to all-black uniforms.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/punished_nopd_officer_kept_his.html

[haleygd]

Great! and thanks. I started the color adjustment from scratch again and have a blue now. I was trying to make adjustments in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) before starting work in Photoshop. I am finding that is not a good idea with these OPR photos.

[cmpentecost]

But, is this a Biloxi police officer or New Orleans police officer??  The article Tess attached is for the NOLA police department.

Chris

[Candice]

Couldn't the owner be asked.  There have been lots of changes.

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Jul10/0,4670,PoliceUniformFlap,00.html

[Mhayes]

I called the owner and she was so thrilled to hear about her photos. The picture was of her son, a policeman in the town of Pritchard, Alabama (near Mobile). I asked if the photo was dated in the mid 1960s, because of the Ford Mustand and she said that was about right. As to the color, that was left unanswered, but I would go with blue unless research shows different.

She said she often wondered about her photos and that they mean so much, because they are all that is left of some of the family members.