Tattooed Cops Scaring The Public

[matcom]

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AS Americans go crazy for tattoos, police chiefs in one California city have ordered overly embellished officers to cover up excessive body art to avoid further scaring crime victims.

The official cover-up was ordered by San Diego Police Chief William Lansdowne as he unveiled a detailed directive for his boys in blue to hide their tattoos from the taxpayers who pay their salaries.

"Clearly, the public in San Diego wants a well-groomed, very professional appearance on our police officers, and that's what this (policy) does provide and will provide," Lansdowne said.

Under the new rules, uniformed police must ensure that their dress blues hide any tattoos, brands or "scarifications" that are "excessive," or visible over more than 30 percent of their biceps, forearms or hands.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10142925%255E13762,00.html

[Spinzonner]

1. What about face art ?

[ClintonTyree]

2. I can hear...........

the lawsuit mill grinding away at this very moment.

[DarkPhenyx]

3. There is a legal precedent already.

The same rules exist in the Military.

[trigz]

4. I thought tatooed officers posed a security problem?

Norwegian cops are, to my knowledge, not allowed to have tatoos for the purpose of a tatoo being identity marks which would potentially expose them to identification by criminals in undercover operations and such.

[dbt]

5. Tattooed Bass Player Scares Girls

I know, because I stand on the same stage with him. Fortunately, he's from Northern Ireland, so nobody here can understand him!

:evilgrin:
dbt

"Dahnce, ya bahsterds!"