NEW YORK -- Police departments, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional grooming standards and getting away from rules that used to require a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017 photo, New York City police officer Masood Syed speaks during an interview with The Associated ...

NORFOLK, Va. – As of Monday, Norfolk police officers will be allowed to grow a beard and openly display tattoos while on-duty! This updated policy comes in response to the Department’s progressive ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk residents can expect to see Norfolk police officers sporting a different look in uniform in the next coming weeks. Starting on Monday, Norfolk police officers will be allowed to ...

RACINE — Chad Melby says his tattoos, a sleeve of skulls down his left arm and one depicting his dog Dozer (a retired K-9 officer) on his right forearm, have helped him as a cop. “I’ve never had a ...

The Columbus Police Department is updating its appearance rules to allow officers to have neatly groomed beards and some tattoos. The changes, approved Tuesday by the Columbus Board of Works, slightly ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS, MO — If you have a beard, tattoo ...

NEW YORK – The Joe Friday look is out. Tattoos, turbans and beards are in. Police departments, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Joe Friday look is out. Tattoos, turbans and beards are in. Police departments, compelled by a hiring crisis and eager for a more diverse applicant pool, are relaxing traditional ...