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Before he became the laughingstock of the Internet, Clarkson was known for reorganizing and cleaning up the police force since he took office last August, including charging his own superintendent with shredding secret documents and uncovering other corruption in the force. The measure is unlikely to garner him any local fans; YingYang of BlahBlohBlog says the jeans portion "is causing a ruckus locally," and Maria of Pisces in Purple writes "this is a perfect example of how amateur some so-called Grenadian professionals are."

But Grenada Today, the island's largest newspaper, supports the measure, writing in an unsigned editorial that local trends in fashion are:

Unbecoming of decency and only seek to promote promiscuity, indecency and decadent behavior in the society. What is acceptable in North America is not necessarily good and should be accepted by us in this part of the world.

We couldn't pull up what appears to be the RGPF's official site, except cached, but this looks and smells like one man's crazy pet project. And what will Grenada do during Carnival? But as with decency laws in Dubai, the island will probably let foreign offenders off with fines instead of jail time, so they don't inadvertently kill the golden goose--or rather, the gargantuan American-packed golden gooses making shore excursions.

Related Stories:
· Grenada Enforcing Ban on Off-Beach Bathing Suits [AP, via Google News]
· Men Ordered to Pull Pants up [Grenada Today]
· Editorial on the Crackdown: "We Support It" [Grenada Today]
· Grenadan Blogger on the Public Decency Crackdown: "Oh Gawwwddd…" [BlahBlohBlog]
· Dubai Secretly Turned On By The Idea Of More Beach Liaisons [Jaunted]

[Photo: Jaymal, our "educated guesses" added]