[ApplegateRanch]

“The department staffs several community events in Salt Lake City, Jones said, the Days of ‘47 Parade and the Salt Lake City Marathon being among the largest. For those events, officers are asked to sign up for duties of their choosing before commanders fill empty posts by assignment, Jones said.”

“The Utah Pride Parade is a smaller event, so all officers involved were assigned.”

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58036918-78/jones-police-officer-officers.html.csp

[bjorn14]

So I’m guessing by the article not many of SLCPD’s finest signed up for the Pride (cometh before the fall) Parade. They only needed 30 out of a force of 400. So he had to be forced/assigned to the debauchery.